Preoccupation
noun
Something that a person thinks about a lot or is interested in a lot.
His main preoccupation is his job.
Often appears as...
- main preoccupation
- constant preoccupation
noun
The state of constantly thinking or worrying about something.
She was lost in her thoughts and preoccupations
Often appears as...
- lost in preoccupation
- state of preoccupation
noun
Something that a person thinks about a lot or is interested in a lot.
His main preoccupation is his job.
Often appears as...
- main preoccupation
- constant preoccupation
noun
The state of constantly thinking or worrying about something.
She was lost in her thoughts and preoccupations
Often appears as...
- lost in preoccupation
- state of preoccupation
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Interests and Hobbies
Use 'preoccupation' when referring to someone's hobbies or interests that take up a lot of their attention.
His constant preoccupation with model trains left little time for other activities.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
'Preoccupation' doesn't always mean worry; it can be a neutral term for what occupies the mind.
Music was her main preoccupation, filling her days with joy.
Pro Tip 3/3Professionally Used
It's appropriate to use 'preoccupation' in professional contexts to describe focus on work or projects.
The team's preoccupation with the deadline ensured they finished on time.
Pro Tip 1/3Interests and Hobbies
Use 'preoccupation' when referring to someone's hobbies or interests that take up a lot of their attention.
His constant preoccupation with model trains left little time for other activities.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
'Preoccupation' doesn't always mean worry; it can be a neutral term for what occupies the mind.
Music was her main preoccupation, filling her days with joy.
Pro Tip 3/3Professionally Used
It's appropriate to use 'preoccupation' in professional contexts to describe focus on work or projects.
The team's preoccupation with the deadline ensured they finished on time.
Pro Tip 1/3Interests and Hobbies
Use 'preoccupation' when referring to someone's hobbies or interests that take up a lot of their attention.
His constant preoccupation with model trains left little time for other activities.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
'Preoccupation' doesn't always mean worry; it can be a neutral term for what occupies the mind.
Music was her main preoccupation, filling her days with joy.
Pro Tip 3/3Professionally Used
It's appropriate to use 'preoccupation' in professional contexts to describe focus on work or projects.
The team's preoccupation with the deadline ensured they finished on time.
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Abha Dawesar: Life in...
But these were not the major preoccupations of my day. It was just as critical for me to be the first person in at a cafe nearby with extension cords and chargers to juice my multiple devices. I started to prospect under the benches of bakeries and the entrances of pastry shops for plug points.
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Debunking the myths of...
Obsessions can manifest as fears of contamination and illness, worries about harming others, or preoccupations with numbers, patterns, morality, or sexual identity. And compulsions can range from excessive cleaning or double checking, to the fastidious arrangement of objects,
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Iain Hutchison: Saving...
They have it forced upon them. And again, as I told you, if they have a caring family and good work life, then they can lead normal and fulfilled lives. Their identity doesn't change. Is this business about appearance and preoccupation with it
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When technology...
measuring pie with pots and pans but what I wanted to show this to you for was because when I look at this picture and it helps me trace back what's become a bit of a professional preoccupation for me okay see my two gorgeous sisters
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The habits of happiness...
Well, that would be fine if it was just a secondary preoccupation in life. But now, if it is something that is going to determine the quality of every instant of our life, then we better know what it is, have some clearer idea.
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Why the universe seems...
is positively scathing about our preoccupation with matter itself. We have this tendency to think that only solid, material things are really things at all. Waves of electromagnetic fluctuation in a vacuum seem unreal.
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Baby Penguin Annoys...
food is still by far the biggest preoccupation but instead of just being fed on demand the chicks are now being made to work for it the parent forcing its chicks to chase for a feed encourages competition where the
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How to rebuild the...
less this time? Are you worried about how crucial is that to getting us through this? I mean, my preoccupation is, in our mandate, in my area of responsibility, bring the membership together.
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Zainab Salbi: Women,...
We have been only seeing one side of war. We have only been discussing and consumed with high-level preoccupations over troop levels, drawdown timelines,
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Who owns your view? PIPE...
the preoccupations of the powerful prophets in the streets the preoccupations in the corridors of power
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Abha Dawesar: Life in...
But these were not the major preoccupations of my day. It was just as critical for me to be the first person in at a cafe nearby with extension cords and chargers to juice my multiple devices. I started to prospect under the benches of bakeries and the entrances of pastry shops for plug points.
Video examples
Debunking the myths of...
Obsessions can manifest as fears of contamination and illness, worries about harming others, or preoccupations with numbers, patterns, morality, or sexual identity. And compulsions can range from excessive cleaning or double checking, to the fastidious arrangement of objects,
Video examples
Iain Hutchison: Saving...
They have it forced upon them. And again, as I told you, if they have a caring family and good work life, then they can lead normal and fulfilled lives. Their identity doesn't change. Is this business about appearance and preoccupation with it
Video examples
When technology...
measuring pie with pots and pans but what I wanted to show this to you for was because when I look at this picture and it helps me trace back what's become a bit of a professional preoccupation for me okay see my two gorgeous sisters
Video examples
The habits of happiness...
Well, that would be fine if it was just a secondary preoccupation in life. But now, if it is something that is going to determine the quality of every instant of our life, then we better know what it is, have some clearer idea.
Video examples
Why the universe seems...
is positively scathing about our preoccupation with matter itself. We have this tendency to think that only solid, material things are really things at all. Waves of electromagnetic fluctuation in a vacuum seem unreal.
Video examples
Baby Penguin Annoys...
food is still by far the biggest preoccupation but instead of just being fed on demand the chicks are now being made to work for it the parent forcing its chicks to chase for a feed encourages competition where the
Video examples
How to rebuild the...
less this time? Are you worried about how crucial is that to getting us through this? I mean, my preoccupation is, in our mandate, in my area of responsibility, bring the membership together.
Video examples
Zainab Salbi: Women,...
We have been only seeing one side of war. We have only been discussing and consumed with high-level preoccupations over troop levels, drawdown timelines,
Video examples
Who owns your view? PIPE...
the preoccupations of the powerful prophets in the streets the preoccupations in the corridors of power
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Allan Gurganus
American Novelist
I think it's a false distinction to say that conversation and composition are separate. Because even as we speak, I'm seeing. Every interview is different, and I'm finding new ways to talk about ancient preoccupations. And I sometimes come on something that's immensely helpful and valuable. Plus I like the sensation of conversation.
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Annalee Newitz
American Journalist
Unlike economics, whose sole preoccupation in our finance-obsessed era is the near-term profit motive, history offers a way to place our tiny lifespans in a narrative that spans dozens of generations - perhaps even reaching into a future where capitalism is no longer our dominant form of economic organization.
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Andrew Motion
English Poet
I wanted to reimagine the role, in a way that was respectful of its traditional responsibilities but made them part of a wider pattern of poetry about national incidents, events, preoccupations; and to spend a great deal of time going to schools trying to demystify poetry.
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Larry Harvey
American Celebrity
Our preoccupation has always been to craft space in such a way as to induce social interactions that would in turn generate a sense of community and a culture, but starting from the very immediate issue of how action influences perception.
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Geraldine Brooks
Australian Journalist
I had been afraid of breast cancer, as I suspect most women are, from the time I hit adolescence. At that age, when our emerging sexuality is our central preoccupation, the idea of disfigurement of a breast is particularly horrifying.
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Saint Bernard
Saint
Sorrow for sin is indeed necessary, but it should not be an endless preoccupation. You must dwell also on the glad remembrance of God's loving-kindness; otherwise, sadness will harden the heart and lead it more deeply into despair.
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Neri Oxman
American Architect
I approach the world as a whole by taking an integrative approach, not a world of parts, and I like to bring different fields and disciplines together. The same is true with my preoccupation with cultural expression.
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Lewis Thomas
American Scientist
Much of today's public anxiety about science is the apprehension that we may forever be overlooking the whole by an endless, obsessive preoccupation with the parts.
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Freda Adler
American Educator
The passionate controversies of one era are viewed as sterile preoccupations by another, for knowledge alters what we seek as well as what we find.
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Elie Wiesel
American Novelist
That is my major preoccupation, memory, the kingdom of memory. I want to protect and enrich that kingdom, glorify that kingdom and serve it.
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Allan Gurganus
American Novelist
I think it's a false distinction to say that conversation and composition are separate. Because even as we speak, I'm seeing. Every interview is different, and I'm finding new ways to talk about ancient preoccupations. And I sometimes come on something that's immensely helpful and valuable. Plus I like the sensation of conversation.
Quote examples
Annalee Newitz
American Journalist
Unlike economics, whose sole preoccupation in our finance-obsessed era is the near-term profit motive, history offers a way to place our tiny lifespans in a narrative that spans dozens of generations - perhaps even reaching into a future where capitalism is no longer our dominant form of economic organization.
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Andrew Motion
English Poet
I wanted to reimagine the role, in a way that was respectful of its traditional responsibilities but made them part of a wider pattern of poetry about national incidents, events, preoccupations; and to spend a great deal of time going to schools trying to demystify poetry.
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Larry Harvey
American Celebrity
Our preoccupation has always been to craft space in such a way as to induce social interactions that would in turn generate a sense of community and a culture, but starting from the very immediate issue of how action influences perception.
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Geraldine Brooks
Australian Journalist
I had been afraid of breast cancer, as I suspect most women are, from the time I hit adolescence. At that age, when our emerging sexuality is our central preoccupation, the idea of disfigurement of a breast is particularly horrifying.
Quote examples
Saint Bernard
Saint
Sorrow for sin is indeed necessary, but it should not be an endless preoccupation. You must dwell also on the glad remembrance of God's loving-kindness; otherwise, sadness will harden the heart and lead it more deeply into despair.
Quote examples
Neri Oxman
American Architect
I approach the world as a whole by taking an integrative approach, not a world of parts, and I like to bring different fields and disciplines together. The same is true with my preoccupation with cultural expression.
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Lewis Thomas
American Scientist
Much of today's public anxiety about science is the apprehension that we may forever be overlooking the whole by an endless, obsessive preoccupation with the parts.
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Freda Adler
American Educator
The passionate controversies of one era are viewed as sterile preoccupations by another, for knowledge alters what we seek as well as what we find.
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Elie Wiesel
American Novelist
That is my major preoccupation, memory, the kingdom of memory. I want to protect and enrich that kingdom, glorify that kingdom and serve it.
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