<i><span style="color: red"><b>Ob·ses·sion</b></span><span style="text-decoration: underline"> (əb-sĕsh'ən, ŏb-) </span><br/><span style="color: red"><b>n.</b></span><br/><span style="text-decoration: underline">Compulsive </span><span style="color: red"><b>preoccupation</b></span><span style="text-decoration: underline"> with </span><span style="color: red"><b>fixed ideas</b></span><span style="text-decoration: underline"> and an unwanted </span><span style="color: red"><b>feeling or emotion</b></span><span style="text-decoration: underline">, often accompanied by </span><span style="color: red"><b>symptoms of</b></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline">anxiety.</span><br/><span style="text-decoration: underline">A </span><span style="color: red"><b>compulsive</b></span><span style="text-decoration: underline">, often </span><span style="color: red"><b>unreasonable ideas</b></span><span style="text-decoration: underline"> or </span><span style="color: red"><b>emotions.<br/>Obsessional</b></span> Ob·ses'sion·al <span style="color: red"><b>adj.</b></span></i> |