preoccupation

See also: préoccupation

English

Alternative forms

pre-occupation

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French préoccupation, from Latin praeoccupatiō. By surface analysis, pre- +‎ occupation or preoccupy +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹiɑkjʊˈpeɪʃən/, /ˌpriɑkjəˈpeɪʃən/
(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹiɒkjʊˈpeɪʃən/, /ˌpɹiɒkjəˈpeɪʃən/
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

preoccupation (countable and uncountable, plural preoccupations)

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

Synonyms

preoccupancy

Derived terms

self-preoccupation

Related terms

Translations

the state of being preoccupied; enthrallment

Bulgarian: загриженост (bg) f (zagriženost)
Finnish: uppoutuminen, syventyminen, kiinnostus (fi), päähänpinttymä (fi)
German: Vertieftsein n, Beschäftigtsein n, beherrschender Gedanke m, Sorge (de) f, Anliegen (de) n, Besorgnis (de) f, gedankliches Verhaftetsein n, Präokkupation f (psychotherapy)
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Persian: اشتغال فکری (ešteğâl-e fekri)
Plautdietsch: Besätenheit f
Russian: поглощённость f (pogloščónnostʹ), увлечённость (ru) f (uvlečónnostʹ), озабо́ченность (ru) f (ozabóčennostʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: zaokupljenost (sh)
Swedish: please add this translation if you can

the act of occupying something before someone else

Russian: заня́тие места зара́нее (zanjátije mesta zaráneje), заня́тие места ра́ньше другого (zanjátije mesta ránʹše drugovo)

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