obsessão

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Portuguese[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

obsessão f (plural obsessões)

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

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