preoccupation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention
Types & categories
- thought hypernym
- fixation hyponym
- hang-up hyponym
- hobbyhorse hyponym
- self-absorption hyponym
Related & opposite
- preoccupy derivation
Sense 2 noun
the mental state of being preoccupied by something
Types & categories
- cognitive state hypernym
- abstractedness hyponym
- absentmindedness hyponym
Related & opposite
- engage derivation
- steep derivation
- preoccupy derivation
- haunted derivation
- preoccupied derivation
Sense 3 noun
the act of taking occupancy before someone else does
Types & categories
- moving in hypernym
Related & opposite
- preoccupy derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | preoccupy |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | thought |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fixation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hang-up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hobbyhorse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | self-absorption |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | engage |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | steep |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | preoccupy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | haunted |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | preoccupied |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cognitive state |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | abstractedness |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | absentmindedness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | preoccupy |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | moving in |