obsessive
[ uh b-ses-iv ]
/ əbˈsɛs ɪv /
adjective
noun
someone who has an obsession or obsessions; a person who thinks or behaves in an obsessive manner.
Origin of obsessive
First recorded in 1910–15;
obsess(ion) +
-ive
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British Dictionary definitions for obsessive
obsessive
/ (əbˈsɛsɪv) /
adjective
psychiatry
motivated by a persistent overriding idea or impulse, often associated with anxiety and mental illness
continually preoccupied with a particular activity, person, or thing
noun
psychiatry
a person subject to obsession
a person who is continually preoccupied with a particular activity, person, or thing
Derived forms of obsessive
obsessively, adverb obsessiveness, nounMedical definitions for obsessive
obsessive
[ əb-sĕs′ĭv, ŏb- ]
adj.
Of, characteristic of, or causing an obsession.