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obsessio

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See also: obsessió

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English obsession), ultimately from Latin obsessiō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈobsesːio/, [ˈo̞bs̠e̞s̠ˌs̠io̞]
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Syllabification(key): ob‧ses‧si‧o
  • Hyphenation(key): ob‧ses‧sio

Noun

obsessio

  1. (psychology) obsession

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Synonyms

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Latin

Etymology

obsideo + -tio

Pronunciation

Noun

obsessiō f (genitive obsessiōnis); third declension

  1. blockade, siege
  2. obsession

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

References

  • obsessio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • obsessio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • obsessio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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