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Obsession

The act of besieging.

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Preoccupation 76% connected

The act of preoccupying, or taking possession of beforehand; the state of being preoccupied; prepossession.

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Compulsion 92% connected

The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force.

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Fixation 92% connected

The act of fixing, or the state of being fixed.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Anxiety disorder noun · 78% connection

a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom

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Clinical depression noun · 78% connection

a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention

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Depression noun · 78% connection

a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention

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Depressive disorder noun · 78% connection

a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention

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Disturbance noun · 78% connection

(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness

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Folie noun · 78% connection

(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness

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Mental disorder noun · 78% connection

(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness

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Mental disturbance noun · 78% connection

(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness

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Phobia noun · 78% connection

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Phobic disorder noun · 78% connection

an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations; "phobic disorder is a general…

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Phobic neurosis noun · 78% connection

an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations; "phobic disorder is a general…

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Psychological disorder noun · 78% connection

(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness

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Affective disorder noun · 77% connection

any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predom…

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Agitated depression noun · 77% connection

a state of clinical depression in which the person exhibits irritability and restlessness

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Conversion disorder noun · 77% connection

a mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no appare…

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Conversion hysteria noun · 77% connection

a mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no appare…

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a mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no appare…

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Besiegement noun · 78% connection

The act of besieging, or the state of being besieged.

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Circumvallation noun · 78% connection

A line of field works made around a besieged place and the besieging army, to protect the camp of the besiegers against the attack of…

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Investment noun · 78% connection

The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded.

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Leaguer noun · 78% connection

The camp of a besieging army; a camp in general.

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Lodgment verb · 78% connection

The occupation and holding of a position, as by a besieging party; an instrument thrown up in a captured position; as, to effect a lod…

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Parallel noun · 78% connection

One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the…

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Besieging p. pr. & vb. n. · 72% connection

of Besiege

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