Obsession
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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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