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caused by or suggestive of an irresistible urge
- intrigued by the man's obsessive counting of everyday objects
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“Obsessive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obsessive. Accessed 5 Aug. 2021.
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The first known use of obsessive was in 1897
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