obsessão

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obsessiōnem (“siege; obsession”), from obsideō (“to siege”), from ob (“before”) + sedeō (“to sit”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ob.seˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ob.seˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /o.bi.seˈsɐ̃w̃/ [o.bi.seˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ob.seˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ob.seˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.bsɨˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ɔ.βsɨˈsɐ̃w̃]

Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃

Noun

obsessão f (plural obsessões)

fixation, obsession
Synonyms: apego, fixação, obcecação
(psychology) obsession (compulsive or irrational preoccupation)
Synonyms: compulsão, neurose
(theology) vexation caused by the Devil’s influence, without possession

Related terms

obsessionado
obsessional
obsessivamente
obsessividade
obsessivo
obsesso
obsessor

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