A compulsive or irrational preoccupation.
The word 'obsession' is correct and usable in written English. You can use it to describe an intense, all-consuming preoccupation or compulsion. For example, "His obsession with collecting rare coins was consuming all of his free time".
It is about obsession and, in particular obsessive love, a dark place experienced by many that can drive an individual to ruin.
This seems strange, given that Isabel Allende, among others, has made many references to law-making as a Chilean obsession.
Alan Whitehead, a Labour MP who sits on the energy and climate select committee, said: "This coalition seems to have an obsession with fracking, to the exclusion of other possibilities, and despite the very clear issues with fracking and the opposition we've seen from local communities.
Cameron's campaign against the EU's treaty-defined "ever-closer union" is not an obsession shared with the other 27 member states.
It was only a strange error that led to the historical obsession with GDP As someone who has worked on these issues for three decades, I have observed that, sadly, most people who criticise the idea of measuring happiness are handicapped by the fact they know little about the research literature on the topic.
DH Society's increasing obsession with retro evidences a popular culture that has more or less run out of ideas; well, that and the aversion of those doing its buying and selling to putting in any kind of effort.
Like most rock kids of his generation, from an early age he had a working knowledge of electronic music through listening to industrial bands such as Nine Inch Nails, and an obsession with "IDM" ("intelligent dance music"), in particular "anything on Warp Records".
Thanks to Ludwig my first paper got accepted! The editor wrote me that my manuscript was well-written
Listya Utami K.
PhD Student in Biology, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia