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preoccupation
" An abiding preoccupation for me is how much of our lives are invisible and unknown by other people, like the Chekhov story 'The Lady With the Little Dog.'"
Claire Messud

Meaning of "preoccupation" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF PREOCCUPATION

priːˌɒkjʊˈpeɪʃən


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PREOCCUPATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Preoccupation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PREOCCUPATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of preoccupation in the English dictionary

The definition of preoccupation in the dictionary is the state of being preoccupied, esp mentally. Other definition of preoccupation is something that holds the attention or preoccupies the mind.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PREOCCUPATION

anticipation · apocopation · constipation · dissipation · emancipation · exculpation · extirpation · forcipation · inculpation · inoccupation · mancipation · obstipation · occupation · owner-occupation · palpation · participation · pupation · reoccupation · syncopation · usurpation

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PREOCCUPATION

preobtain · preoccupancy · preoccupant · preoccupate · preoccupied · preoccupies · preoccupy · preocular · preopening · preoperational · preoperative · preoperatively · preoption · preoral · preordain · preordained · preordainment · preorder · preordinance · preordination

WORDS THAT END LIKE PREOCCUPATION

accreditation · action · administration · animation · application · association · certification · citation · combination · communication · confirmation · conversation · corporation · creation · decoration · destination · documentation · duration · education · evaluation · excitation

Synonyms and antonyms of preoccupation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PREOCCUPATION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «preoccupation» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «preoccupation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PREOCCUPATION

Find out the translation of preoccupation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of preoccupation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «preoccupation» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

专注
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

preocupación
570 millions of speakers
en

English

preoccupation
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

परवा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

انشغال
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

озабоченность
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

preocupação
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

তন্ময়তা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

préoccupation
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Keasyikan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Beschäftigung
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

大きな関心事
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

~에 대한 심취
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Preposisi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự lo lắng
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

சிந்தனையுடன்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

एकाग्रता
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

kaygı
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

preoccupazione
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

zaabsorbowanie
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

заклопотаність
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

preocupare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ενασχόληση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

besorgdheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

upptagenhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

opptatthet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of preoccupation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PREOCCUPATION»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of preoccupation
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «preoccupation».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about preoccupation

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10 QUOTES WITH «PREOCCUPATION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word preoccupation.
1
Irving Babbitt
A remarkable feature of the humanitarian movement, on both its sentimental and utilitarian sides, has been its preoccupation with the lot of the masses.
2
Roger Bannister
It had always been a British preoccupation to hold this mile record.
3
Louis de Bernieres
Setting up a community and seeing what happens to it when the megalomaniacs get busy: that's my main preoccupation.
4
Zbigniew Brzezinski
War on terrorism defines the central preoccupation of the United States in the world today, and it does reflect in my view a rather narrow and extremist vision of foreign policy of the world's first superpower, of a great democracy, with genuinely idealistic traditions.
5
Fritz Lang
I am profoundly fascinated by cruelty, fear, horror and death. My films show my preoccupation with violence, the pathology of violence.
6
Penelope Lively
There's a preoccupation with memory and the operation of memory and a rather rapacious interest in history.
7
Wynton Marsalis
Maybe the preoccupation with technological progress has overshadowed our concern with human progress.
8
Claire Messud
An abiding preoccupation for me is how much of our lives are invisible and unknown by other people, like the Chekhov story 'The Lady With the Little Dog.'
9
Wesley Morris
Sidney Lumet's chief preoccupation wasn't art. It was right and wrong in the American city, nearly always in New York.
10
John Ortberg
When the soul is understood and attended to, we can be liberated from hurry, preoccupation, unsatisfied desires, and chronic discontent.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PREOCCUPATION»

Discover the use of preoccupation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to preoccupation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Oracle at the Supermarket: The American Preoccupation With ...
"Oracle carefully explores the dangers and benefits of diet and exercise books, sex manuals, and self-actualization schemes.
Steven Starker, 2002
2
Consuming Passions: Feminist Approaches to Weight ...
Twenty-two experts share their extensive knowledge on women's preoccupation with body size.
Catrina Brown, Karin Jasper, 1993
3
Romantic Goal Preoccupation: Scale Validation and ...
Jennifer Lynne Yanowitz. affect, romantic relationship-focused ruminative thoughts, and motivated strategic behaviors directed toward attaining a romantic relationship, especially in the context of a college setting. For instance, a woman who is ...
Jennifer Lynne Yanowitz, 2006
4
The Psychology of Secrets
PREOCCUPATION MODEL Another popular explanation for the link between secrecy and problems is what Lane and VVegner (1995) called the preoccupation model of secrecy. They used this model to explain how attempts to keep ...
Anita E. Kelly, 2002
5
Winnicott
In 'Primary Maternal Preoccupation' Winnicott describes the kind of environmental care that is required to make the intense subjectivity of early instinctual experience an enrichment of the self rather than merely a gratification of the organism.
Adam Phillips, 1988
6
Dodging Suicide: A Lifetime's Preoccupation
Kit Johnson is a successful International businessman, who has had to battle through the condition and wrestle with frequent moments of despair and suicidal thoughts, including two attempts.
Kit Johnson, 2011
7
A Form Foredoomed to Looseness": Henry James's Preoccupation ...
This book examines critical prose written by Henry James and a representative group of American and British novelists and critics of his era in order to reveal a subtextual debate about the gender of fiction.
Cecile Mazzucco-Than, 2002
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Kaplan & Sadock's Concise Textbook of Clinical Psychiatry
... or plastic surgeons than to psychiatrists. One study of a group of college students found that more than 50 percent had at least some preoccupation with a particular aspect of their appearance, and in about 25 percent of the students ...
Benjamin J. Sadock, Virginia A. Sadock, 2008
9
History, commemoration, and national preoccupation: ...
This innovative work in the history of memory explores the commemoration over the past two centuries of the Battle of Trafalgar and Admiral Lord Nelson's death.
Holger Hoock, 2007
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Rational Meaning: A New Foundation for the Definition of ...
There is hardly any recognition of there being such a distinct kind of preoccupation with words, although an aura of mystery, presumed insoluble, hovers in the minds of most round the subject of language. We regard these three kinds of ...
Laura (Riding) Jackson, William Harmon, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PREOCCUPATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term preoccupation is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Recovered Rogers eager to play
But having seen the well-grassed strip being prepared for the Edgbaston Test, Rogers reckoned any preoccupation with trying to use the ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jul 15»
2
5 thoughts on Huckabee's appallingly offensive "oven door …
Which is to say, it is a preoccupation with Israel that is not primarily about Israel or its inhabitants, but rather is about their place in Christianity. «Vox, Jul 15»
3
Do Songs by Female Pop Stars Always Need to Have a Feminist …
This latest preoccupation with feminism and pop can be traced back to Miley Cyrus' video for “We Can't Stop”. Released in June of 2013, it is ... «Noisey, Jul 15»
4
A Saga About Crime, Romance And Inheritance
We see the shallow preoccupation with status, cricket, elections, Bollywood, physical appearances and more and the book covers it all ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
5
Blessie Gotingco's killer could have been locked up for good
... 28-year-old's behavioural issues as including hostility towards women, lack of concern for others, impulsiveness, sexual preoccupation and ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
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Pfleger lectures City Council during 'Chiraq' debate
Father Michael Pfleger said the City Council's preoccupation with a movie title ignores the facts that inspired the title in the first place: "Children ... «Chicago Sun-Times, Jul 15»
7
The creation of 'trafficking'
The world's preoccupation with stopping children from working, and especially working away from home, has prevented Benin and other ... «Open Democracy, Jul 15»
8
HR Needs To Raise Its Game If It Is To Take Its Place In The Front …
First, the preoccupation with new technology has brought a new contender for a place on the top floor in the shape of the chief digital officer ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
9
Ted Cruz and the politics of faith and fear: How the GOP mastered …
Another persistent preoccupation was radical Islam. A close third was threats confronting Israel, a place central to evangelical Christian faith. «Raw Story, Jul 15»
10
Guardian lists main winners and losers of Iran nuclear deal
... slow down Iran's nuclear program in exchange for removal of sanctions has been a high-stakes preoccupation for leaders around the world. «Tehran Times, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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