as in problem
something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned
her latest obsession is a movie star who she thinks is very handsome
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of obsession
Those comfortable with staying on auto in daylight are suddenly faced with manual settings and long exposures, an obsession with staying in focus and a subject — the night sky — that’s constantly in motion.
—
Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 Mar. 2026
That list reflects the voting public’s obsession with living costs, confirmed in a recent poll by the Public Policy Institute of California.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
While Allen and Lamott’s perspectives give the book its rhythm, its focus is the sentence, and the authors are certainly not shy about their obsession.
—Jasna Hodžić, Big Think, 10 Mar. 2026
Personal roots of acoustic science Bell’s idea to invent the telephone was not driven by a desire for a mass-market gadget, but a lifelong obsession with sound and speech.
—Munis Raza, Interesting Engineering, 10 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for obsession
Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 Mar. 2026
That list reflects the voting public’s obsession with living costs, confirmed in a recent poll by the Public Policy Institute of California.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
While Allen and Lamott’s perspectives give the book its rhythm, its focus is the sentence, and the authors are certainly not shy about their obsession.
—Jasna Hodžić, Big Think, 10 Mar. 2026
Personal roots of acoustic science Bell’s idea to invent the telephone was not driven by a desire for a mass-market gadget, but a lifelong obsession with sound and speech.
—Munis Raza, Interesting Engineering, 10 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for obsession
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obsession
Noun
-
Five things • Utah State has a younger version of Goon, and that was a problem Saturday for the Aztecs.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
-
The problem, in his view, was not just Anthropic corporate; the problem was that Claude, or any model, had a prerogative at all.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
Noun
-
But her cat, Oscar, shares her fascination.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
-
Baseball’s richest rivalry still draws national fascination.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
-
Many observers were taken aback by his haughty tone, hypermasculine preoccupation with domination, giddiness about violence and casual attitude toward death.—
Casey Ryan Kelly,
The Conversation,
9 Mar. 2026
-
Stocks tumbled in February after the latest producer price index showed unexpectedly hot wholesale prices, adding sticky inflation to the list of investors’ recent preoccupations.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
-
Here my experience as an athlete wasn’t an asset but a liability characterized by impatience and a fixation with hard work and agency.—
James Hibbard,
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
-
In the modern commercial republic, the fixation turned to luxury rather than duty.—
Kenneth Andrew Andres Leonardo,
The Conversation,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
-
The analog fetish is good for books.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
4 Mar. 2026
-
The looping white steel of the glyph gave rise to a series of further glyphs, their high-gloss finish-fetish circular looping tubes being but a short step away from her colorful bent rectangular tubing.—
Gordon Hughes,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
Noun
-
The states that fall for the tax-the-rich mania will be left in the dust, with failing economies and shrinking political clout in Congress.—
Betsy McCaughey,
Boston Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
-
When lightning survivors insist, as many do, on unplugging their appliances in preparation for a storm, this is not tinfoil-hat mania.—
Jacob Stern,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
-
Her performance generated enough enthusiasm that the production extended her involvement twice — first from a March 15 end date to April 5, then again through May 3, coinciding with Ballas joining the cast.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
10 Mar. 2026
-
That could mean even more enthusiasm for nuclear weapons and regional proxy forces.—
Nicholas D. Kristof,
Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Obsession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obsession. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
