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obsessive love disorder

obsessive love disorder noun: a mental health condition in which a person feels an overwhelming obsessive desire to possess and protect another person, sometimes with an inability to accept failure or rejection.

Noun

obsessive love disorder (uncountable)

  1. A mental health condition in which a person feels an overwhelming obsessive desire to possess and protect another person, sometimes with an inability to accept failure or rejection.
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Synonyms of obsessive love disorder

Questions about obsessive love disorder

What does obsessive love disorder mean?
Obsessive love disorder means a mental health condition in which a person feels an overwhelming obsessive desire to possess and protect another person, sometimes with an inability to accept failure or rejection.
What part of speech is obsessive love disorder?
Obsessive love disorder is a noun.

Words near obsessive love disorder in the dictionary

  1. obsessionist
  2. obsessionists
  3. obsessions
  4. obsessive
  5. obsessive compulsive spartanism
  6. obsessive love disorder
  7. obsessive-compulsive
  8. obsessive-compulsive disorder
  9. obsessive-compulsive disordered
  10. obsessive-compulsive disorders
  11. obsessive-compulsive personality disorder

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