Plural of preoccupation

Forms of preoccupation

Preoccupations in a sentence

• In a way, I’ve turned my youthful preoccupations into a profession.2020 April, Elizabeth Kolbert, “Why we won't avoid a climate catastrophe”, in National Geographic
• Solving longitude was one of the major preoccupations of European nations from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries.2005, Michael R. Matthews, Colin F. Gauld, Arthur Stinner, “The Pendulum: Its Place in Science, Culture and Pedagogy”, in Michael R.…. From the entry king's ransom
• For this reason the shape of a Holocaust memorist's work may depend as much on the writer's later preoccupations as on the events themselves.2002, Thomas Riggs, Reference Guide to Holocaust Literature, page xxxii. From the entry memorist
• These preoccupations unfitted the soldiers for the defence of the frontier, and permitted vigorous incursions of Germans form the north and Persians from the east.1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.30. From the entry unfit
• Further, one of my goals is to reintroduce questions of labour into the degrowth and environmentalist movements that exclude them in favour of preoccupations with consumerism, enlightenment and politicalism.2024, Kohei Saito, Slow Down: How Degrowth Communism Can Save the Earth. From the entry politicalism

Meaning of preoccupation

1. noun The state of being preoccupied or an idea that preoccupies the mind; enthrallment.
2. noun The act of occupying something before someone else.

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Questions about the plural of preoccupation

What is the plural of preoccupation?

The plural of preoccupation is preoccupations.

Is preoccupation countable?

Preoccupation is a countable and uncountable noun.