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preconception collapse: an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence; "he did not even try to confirm his preconceptions"

fetish collapse: excessive or irrational devotion to some activity; "made a fetish of cleanliness"; a form of sexual desire in which gratification depends to an abnormal degree on some object or item of clothing or part of the body; "common male fetishes are breasts, legs, hair, shoes, and underwear"

obsession collapse: an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone

fixation collapse: (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body; the activity of fastening something firmly in position

fascination collapse: the capacity to attract intense interest; "he held the children spellbound with magic tricks and other fascinations"; the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror)

mania collapse: an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action; a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently

prepossession collapse: the condition of being prepossessed; "the king's prepossession in my favor is very valuable"

hang up collapse: interrupt a telephone conversation; put a telephone receiver back in its cradle

compulsion collapse: using force to cause something; "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they didn`t have to use coercion"; an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid; an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions against your will

complex collapse: a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts; "the complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads created a new town"; (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior; a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated; complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts; "a complex set of variations based on a simple folk melody"; "a complex mass of diverse laws and customs"

preoccupation collapse: the mental state of being preoccupied by something; an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention

possession collapse: anything owned or possessed; the act of having and controlling property; (sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck); "they took possession of the ball on their own goal line"; a territory that is controlled by a ruling state; being controlled by passion or the supernatural

thing collapse: a separate and self-contained entity; an action; "how could you do such a thing?"; an artifact; "how does this thing work?"; an entity that is not named specifically; "I couldn't tell what the thing was"; any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence; "the thing I like about her is ..."; a special abstraction; "a thing of the spirit"; "things of the heart"; a special objective; "the thing is to stay in bounds"; a statement regarded as an object; "to say the same thing in other terms"; "how can you say such a thing?"; an event; "a funny thing happened on the way to the..."; a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion; "he has a thing about seafood"; "she has a thing about him"; a special situation; "this thing has got to end"; "it is a remarkable thing"

exemplar collapse: something to be imitated; "an exemplar of success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general"

prototype collapse: a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father"

idealism collapse: impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are; (philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality

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