Synonyms for preoccupation
priˌɒk yəˈpeɪ ʃən, ˌpri ɒk-pre·oc·cu·pa·tion

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1. preoccupationnoun

   Synonyms:
   preoccupancy

2. preoccupationnoun

   the state of being preoccupied or an idea that preoccupies the mind; enthrallment

   Synonyms:
   preoccupancy

3. preoccupationnoun

   the act of occupying something before someone else

   Synonyms:
   preoccupancy

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1. preoccupationnoun

   an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention

   Synonyms:
   engrossment, preoccupancy, absorption

2. preoccupation, preoccupancy, absorption, engrossmentnoun

   the mental state of being preoccupied by something

   Synonyms:
   preoccupancy, assimilation, concentration, engrossment, intentness, absorption, immersion, soaking up

3. preoccupancy, preoccupationnoun

   the act of taking occupancy before someone else does

   Synonyms:
   engrossment, preoccupancy, absorption

Matched Categories

1. • Cognitive State
   • Idea

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1. moodle

   moodle is to daydream, which is also to stare into space.

   i moodled up a few ideas.

   Submitted by rinat on June 7, 2017  

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1. preoccupationnoun

   Synonyms:
   prepossession

2. preoccupationnoun

   Synonyms:
   abstraction, inattention, revery, musing, absence, muse, absence of mind, brown study

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1. List of paraphrases for "preoccupation":

   concern

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1. Philip Saltier:

   Americans become unhappy and vicious because their preoccupation with amassing possessions obliterates their loneliness. This is why production in America seems to be on such an endless upward spiral: every time we buy something we deepen our emotional deprivation and hence our need to buy something.

2. Kahlil Gibran:

   Our worst fault is our preoccupation with the faults of others.

3. Jerica Berge:

   When parents use restrictive (e.g. keep food from children) or pressure-to-eat feeding practices (e.g. try to get kids to eat more food), children have an increased risk of being overweight, when a new child is introduced, parents may relax their preoccupation with the older child’s eating behaviors, allowing the older child to respond to their own satiety cues and self-regulate their eating.

4. Daniel Riseman:

   Some of my students take improv classes months prior to their college interviews, this is not intended to make them funnier. Rather, such training allows them to learn to be in the moment more effectively. Interviewers can sense preoccupation. Instead, embrace the moment.

5. Jay Leno:

   Your preoccupation should be on doing what you do as well as you can. What your co-workers say about you, what your opponent is doing -- that doesn't matter.