preoccupation
IPA: priɑkjʌpˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- The state of being preoccupied or an idea that preoccupies the mind; enthrallment.
- The act of occupying something before someone else.
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Examples of "preoccupation" in Sentences
- Death is a primary preoccupation of the novel.
- His preoccupation with the lake began in 1870.
- Details are a major preoccupation of the architect.
- His preoccupation was with the destruction on Aquaman.
- But my preoccupation is less the cost than the utility.
- Do people in the Navy have a preoccupation with excrement
- The major preoccupation is business, agriculture and services.
- There was also a scientific preoccupation with the idea of race.
- An abiding preoccupation was the Shakespeare authorship question.
- Her main preoccupation is to guarantee the future of these compositions.