Obsession
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| - | # a [[compulsive]] or [[irrational]] [[preoccupation]] | + | In psychology, '''obsession''' refers to: |
| - | # an [[unhealthy]] [[fixation]] | + | ** [[Obsessive-compulsive disorder]], or OCD, a mental disorder |
| - | + | ** [[Fixation (psychology)]] | |
| + | ** [[Idée fixe (psychology)]] | ||
| + | ** [[Obsessive love]] | ||
| + | ** [[Sexual obsessions]] | ||
| + | ==Namesakes== | ||
| + | * [[Obsession (1976 film)|''Obsession'' (1976 film)]], an American psychological thriller/mystery by Brian De Palma | ||
| + | * ''[[Ossessione]]'', a 1942 Italian crime drama | ||
| + | * ''[[Obsessions: Honore Daumier, Henry De Groux, James Ensor, Paul Gauguin, Francisco De Goya, Max Klinger, Alfred Kubin, Edvard Munch, Odilon Redon, Felicien Rops]]'', 2006, an exhibition | ||
| + | ==Etymology== | ||
| + | From Latin ''obsessio'' (“a besieging”), from ''obsidere'' (“to [[besiege]]”). From ''ob'' (“before”) + ''sedeō'' (“I [[sit]]”). | ||
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
| *[[Amour fou]] | *[[Amour fou]] | ||
| *[[Monomania]] | *[[Monomania]] | ||
| + | *[[Irrationality]] | ||
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In psychology, obsession refers to:
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, a mental disorder
- Fixation (psychology)
- Idée fixe (psychology)
- Obsessive love
- Sexual obsessions
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Namesakes
- Obsession (1976 film), an American psychological thriller/mystery by Brian De Palma
- Ossessione, a 1942 Italian crime drama
- Obsessions: Honore Daumier, Henry De Groux, James Ensor, Paul Gauguin, Francisco De Goya, Max Klinger, Alfred Kubin, Edvard Munch, Odilon Redon, Felicien Rops, 2006, an exhibition
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Etymology
From Latin obsessio (“a besieging”), from obsidere (“to besiege”). From ob (“before”) + sedeō (“I sit”).
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See also
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