preoccupation
nounEtymology
Borrowed from Middle French préoccupation, from Latin praeoccupātiō. By surface analysis, pre- + occupation or preoccupy + -ation.
- derived from praeoccupātiō
- borrowed from préoccupation
Definitions
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 […]
The act of occupying something before someone else.
The neighborhood
- synonympreoccupancy
- neighborpreoccupy
- neighboroccupation
Derived
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.
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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