obsessão
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin obsessiō (“siege; obsession”), from obsideō (“I siege”), from ob (“before”) + sedeō (“I sit”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌob.se.ˈsɐ̃w̃/, /ˌo.bi.se.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌob.se.ˈsãõ/, /ˌo.bi.se.ˈsãõ/
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
Noun
obsessão f (plural obsessões)
- fixation, obsession
- (psychology) obsession (compulsive or irrational preoccupation)
- (theology) vexation caused by the Devil’s influence, without possession
Synonyms
- (fixation): apego, fixação, obcecação
- (compulsive preoccupation): compulsão, neurose
Related terms
- obsessionado
- obsessional
- obsessivamente
- obsessividade
- obsessivo
- obsesso
- obsessor