preoccupation

noun
/ˌpɹiɑkjʊˈpeɪʃən/US/ˌpɹiɒkjʊˈpeɪʃən/UK

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French préoccupation, from Latin praeoccupātiō. By surface analysis, pre- + occupation or preoccupy + -ation.

  1. derived from praeoccupātiō
  2. borrowed from préoccupation

Definitions

  1. The state of being preoccupied or an idea that preoccupies the mind

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

    • The same preoccupation with developing a conceptual framework is evident in David Blank's Venezuela: Politics in a Petroleum Republic, a modified version of Blank's early theses.
    • Halalisation signifies a powerful and growing preoccupation with the proliferation of […]
  2. The act of occupying something before someone else.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at preoccupation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at preoccupation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at preoccupation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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