as in obsession
something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned
the future entomologist's preoccupation with insects from a very early age
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Recent Examples of preoccupation
But there’s nothing conscious on my part about ongoing preoccupations or consistencies or running themes or any of that.
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Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025
Schrader doubles down on his thematic and stylistic preoccupations — Bressonian visual gestures, Dostoyevskian spiritual journeys, and a pointed social conscience, to name a few — but The Card Counter never feels like a retread of past ideas.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025
In addition, and perhaps this is surprising, the preoccupation can be about generative AI and LLMs.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
Projecting stability and control has long been one of the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s biggest preoccupations, its implicit justification for limiting citizens’ civil liberties.
—Vivian Wang, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025
Schrader doubles down on his thematic and stylistic preoccupations — Bressonian visual gestures, Dostoyevskian spiritual journeys, and a pointed social conscience, to name a few — but The Card Counter never feels like a retread of past ideas.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025
In addition, and perhaps this is surprising, the preoccupation can be about generative AI and LLMs.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
Projecting stability and control has long been one of the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s biggest preoccupations, its implicit justification for limiting citizens’ civil liberties.
—Vivian Wang, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for preoccupation
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