Concept cluster: Positive qualities > Obsessive Behavior
adv
From absurdity.
n
The state of being abrupt or broken
adv
To the point of absurdity.
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The characteristic of being addictive.
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The quality of being ambagious.
adj
(Freudian psychology) Preoccupied with achieving perfection, order and control and with collecting, possessing, and retaining objects.
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(obsolete) Obsessive-compulsive behaviour.
adj
(obsolete) Synonym of obsessive-compulsive
adj
(psychology) Characterised by compulsion; obsessive-compulsive.
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(psychology) Inability to concentrate.
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The quality of being asthenic.
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(rare) The state or quality of being a blog.
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The characteristic of being broad-minded.
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The quality of being a busybody.
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The quality of being catadicrotic.
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The state or quality of being chaotic.
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The state or quality of being colloquial.
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The state or quality of being compassionate.
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(medicine, psychology) A behavioral pattern characterized by excessive acquisition of and an inability or unwillingness to discard large quantities of objects.
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An extended time frame in which a person feels the need to do lots of compulsive tasks, with each task often being neither fun nor rewarding, just to get rid of obsessive thoughts
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the state of being compulsive
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(obsolete) Inability to express oneself; stiffness.
adv
In a delusional way.
n
The state or quality of being delusive.
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(rare) The state or quality of being dilemmatic; problematicalness.
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The quality of being dogmatical.
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The condition of suffering from the Dunning-Kruger effect.
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Quality of being dysfluent.
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(mysticism, philosophy) The state of being beside oneself or rapt out of oneself.
adj
(obsolete) Deviating from the norm; unusual, extraordinary.
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The quality of being expletive.
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The quality of being far-fetched.
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The quality of being fastidious.
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The quality of being fitful.
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The quality of being flaccid.
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The characteristic or quality of being forceful
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The quality of being fractious; trouble-making; unruliness.
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The obsessive pursuit of goals to the point of self-destruction.
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The state or condition of being haunting.
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The quality of being human; humanity.
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(neuroscience) Alternative form of hypoemotionality [(neuroscience) A reduced emotional response]
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The quality of being illusive; deceptiveness; false show.
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The state or condition of being impacted.
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The state or quality of being inexpensive
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The quality of being judgy (judgmental)
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(sociology) Large-scale or overt aggression toward those of a certain race, culture, gender, etc.; contrasted with microaggression.
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The quality of being made-up, or invented.
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(neologism, rare) An inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends.
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(uncountable) The state or characteristic of being mechanical.
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The state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible.
adv
With an obsession.
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The quality of being obsessed; obsession.
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A compulsive or irrational preoccupation.
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obsessive behaviour
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The quality of being obsessional.
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obsessiveness
adj
Characterized by obsessions and compulsions, especially by the need to perform repetitive tasks
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(psychiatry) The state of being obsessive-compulsive.
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(psychiatry) The state of being obsessive-compulsive.
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The characteristic of being obsessive.
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One who is obsessive about something.
adj
(figuratively, sometimes offensive) Exhibiting an obsessive tendency.
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(rare, informal) The state or condition of being on the go.
adj
(figuratively) Lacking personal depth and substance; conceited, vain, shallow, superficial.
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(rare) Onerousness.
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The state or condition of being oraculous.
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The quality of being outlandish.
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Quality of being outré.
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The quality of being oversqueamish.
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(psychiatry) A false or exaggerated and sustained belief that is maintained with much less than delusional intensity (i.e., the individual is able to acknowledge the possibility that the ideas may not be true). The belief is accompanied by a strong emotional response, that take priority over all other mental activity.
adj
(derogatory) Naively or unreasonably optimistic.
n
The state or quality of being parasitical.
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The quality or state of causing, originating or producing disease.
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The quality of being perverse; doggedness, obstinacy.
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The quality of being platitudinous.
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The quality of being preoccupied.
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The quality of being prepossessed.
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(obsolete) The quality of being pretentious.
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A form of obsessive-compulsive disorder mainly characterised by obsessive thoughts, with few observable compulsions.
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(nonce word) The state, quality, or condition of being a pushover
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the state or the quality of being radical.
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A measure of the scarcity of an object.
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Quality of being recessive.
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The state or quality of being renitent; resistance to physical pressure or constraint
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(psychology) A carefree and extroverted personality factor.
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(uncountable) The property of being scrupulous.
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Quality of being secret.
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The state of being self-serious.
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The quality of being simplistic.
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(obsolete) simplicity
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Quality of being sophisticated; sophistication.
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(rare) The quality or condition of having a source.
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The quality of being spoiled.
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(rare) Spuriousness.
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The quality or state of being still.
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The quality of being stolid.
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The state or quality of being studious.
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(figuratively, by extension) The obsessive need to complete a task.
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The quality of being sundry.
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superficiality
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Superficiality.
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The state or quality of being superfluous.
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Superficiality.
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The condition of being surprising
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The quality of being tedious; tedium.
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The quality or state of being thwart; obliquity; perverseness.
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A formidable difficulty
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The quality of being trenchant.
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The quality of being an upstart.
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A measure of how virulent a thing is.
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The quality of being weariful.
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The condition of being a workaholic.

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