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obsessional

American  
[uhb-sesh-uhn-uhl] / əbˈsɛʃ ən əl /

adjective

  1. characterized by or indicative of obsession.


Other Word Forms

  • antiobsessional adjective
  • obsessionality noun
  • obsessionally adverb

Example Sentences

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She’s fun, and she gets an obsessional joy in these stories.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2025

It's all to do with the mind-body connection, says Dr Heather Sequeira, a clinical psychologist who specialises in anxiety and obsessional behaviours.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2023

But it's an obsessional quest to find the hand she held.

From Salon • Jun. 23, 2023

The song is measured and quantized, but thoroughly obsessional.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2023

There was an obsessional element to it that put me off.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela