obsessive interest

collocation in English

meaningsofobsessiveandinterest

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obsessive
adjective
uk
/əbˈses.ɪv/us
/əbˈses.ɪv/
thinking about something or someone, or doing something, too much or all ...
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interest
noun
uk
/ˈɪn.trəst/us
/ˈɪn.trɪst/
the feeling of wanting to give your attention to something or of wanting to be involved with and to discover more ...
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(Definition ofobsessiveandinterestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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And these old southerners also conspired as a group to forestall any challenge to the southern segregation system, theirobsessiveinterest.
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He seems to have anobsessiveinterestin that question.
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What provision protects against misuse, harassment andobsessiveinterestby the regulatory authority?
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Often men who have anobsessiveinterestin a previous partner are the very people who choose to cross-examine them.
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All the time there has been anobsessiveinterestin one indicator of the economy—the public sector borrowing requirement.
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She appears to have anobsessiveinterestin the privatisation of everything.
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Apart from her career in music, she has anobsessiveinterestin astrology and is also a professional astrologer.
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Like autistic savants, some individuals with hyperthymesia may also have an unusual andobsessiveinterestin dates.
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Rut is characterized by a decrease in appetite andobsessiveinterestin the does.
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It was during this time that he developed a nearlyobsessiveinterestin botany.
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The sisters showed an almostobsessiveinterestin busking at small venues and attending bluegrass festivals.
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To be ridden by the "bhoot" of something ("bhoot sawaar hona") means to take anobsessiveinterestin that thing or work unrelentingly towards that goal.
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He had two obsessive interests; election statistics and cricket.
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The word's resonances were close to those of modern terms for individuals with obsessive interests in technical minutiae, such as nerd, trainspotter or anorak.
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These works allowed a congregation and development of obsessive interests that turned anime into a medium for unpopular students, catering to obsessed fans.
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