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OBSESSIVITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does obsessivity mean?
• OBSESSIVITY (noun)
The noun OBSESSIVITY has 1 sense:
1. extreme compulsiveness
Familiarity information: OBSESSIVITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extreme compulsiveness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
obsessiveness; obsessivity
Hypernyms ("obsessivity" is a kind of...):
compulsiveness; compulsivity (the trait of acting compulsively)
Derivation:
obsessive (characterized by or constituting an obsession)
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