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preoccupation(dictionary)

preoccupation (iou)



preoccupation noun. L16.
[French preoccupation or Latin praeoccupatio(n-), from praeoccupat- pa. ppl stem of praeoccupare beforehand, from prae PRE- + occupare OCCUPY: see -ATION.]
The meeting of objections beforehand; spec. in Rhetoric, a figure of speech in which objections are anticipated and prevented, prolepsis. L16-L17.
Mental prepossession leading to a particular disposition; bias, prejudice. E17.
J. Locke 'Tis your preoccupation in favour of me, that makes you say what you do.
Occupation of a place beforehand. M17.
The state or condition of being preoccupied; mental absorption. M19.
George Eliot Gravity and intellectual preoccupation in his face.
A thing that dominates a person's thoughts. L19.
J. Rathbone His main preoccupation was Astronomy. P. Fitzgerald Gradually the class returned to their preoccupations.