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Plural of obsession

regular plural

The plural of obsession is obsessions.

Forms of obsession

Singularobsession /əbˈsɛʃən/
Pluralobsessions
Countablecountable and uncountable

Obsessions in a sentence

  • In addition to my anxieties and obsessions about my appearance, I also suffered terribly from unrequited love.2012, Kerri Sackville, The Little Book of Anxiety: Confessions From a Worried Life, London: The Robson Press, →ISBN, page 36. From the entry dagginess
  • Internet, hacking and so on; puerile conversations of chat pages, insane obsessions with nutso things.2000, Finola Moorhead, Darkness More Visible, →ISBN, page 133. From the entry nutso
  • His posthumous collection edited by his friends manifests modern lyricism, nyctophilia and death obsessions.1972, Contemporary Gujarati Poetry, Surat : Western India Publishing Company, page 6. From the entry nyctophilia
  • Some very specific obsessions recur throughout his ludography: themes involving the subconscious, the nature of the mind, and the manipulated hero.2019 Nicolas Courcier, Mehdi El Kanafi, The Legend of Final Fantasy VII: Creation - Universe - Decryption "Nomura's Influence" (Third…. From the entry ludography
  • Not for the faint of heart, but an excellent journey into the dark caverns of Mulder's motivations and obsessions.2000 August 23, swikstr [username], “Re: Classic Fics--which ones?”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet). From the entry Mulderangst

Meaning of obsession

  1. noun The quality of being obsessed; an unshakeable feeling that one topic or activity must be pursued above other interests.
  2. noun An idea that engenders a compulsive or irrational preoccupation, or the preoccupation thereby engendered.
  3. noun An activity or entity that inspires a compulsive and potentially unhealthy fixation, or the fixation thereby inspired.

Full definition of obsession

Questions about the plural of obsession

What is the plural of obsession?
The plural of obsession is obsessions.
Is obsession countable?
Obsession is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: obsession (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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