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preoccupations

preoccupations is the plural of preoccupation.

Meaning of preoccupation

Noun

preoccupation (countable and uncountable, plural preoccupations)

  1. The state of being preoccupied or an idea that preoccupies the mind; enthrallment.
    • The same preoccupation with developing a conceptual framework is evident in David Blank's Venezuela: Politics in a Petroleum Republic, a modified version of Blank's early theses.1987, Latin American Research Review, page 238
  2. The act of occupying something before someone else.

Questions about preoccupations

What is preoccupations the plural of?
Preoccupations is the plural of preoccupation.

Words near preoccupations in the dictionary

  1. preoccupated
  2. preoccupates
  3. preoccupating
  4. preoccupation
  5. preoccupational
  6. preoccupations
  7. preoccupied
  8. preoccupied name
  9. preoccupied names
  10. preoccupiedly
  11. preoccupiedness

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