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preoccupation
noun
1 preoccupation
An idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention.
Roget 458:
inattention,
inconsideration;
inconsiderateness
etc.
adj.;
oversight;
inadvertence,
inadvertency,
nonobservance,
disregard.
supineness
etc.
(inactivity)
683;
etourderie [Fr.],
want of thought;
heedlessness
etc.
(neglect)
460;
insouciance
etc.
(indifference)
866.
abstraction;
absence of mind,
absorption of mind;
preoccupation,
distraction,
reverie,
brown study,
deep musing,
fit of abstraction.
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2 preoccupation
3 preoccupation
The act of taking occupancy before someone else does.
synonym: preoccupancy.
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