preoccupation

Definition

The state of being preoccupied or an idea that preoccupies the mind; enthrallment.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French préoccupation, from Latin praeoccupātiō. By surface analysis, pre- + occupation or preoccupy + -ation.

Example Sentences

• "The same preoccupation with developing a conceptual framework is evident in David Blank's Venezuela: Politics in a Petroleum Republic, a modified version of Blank's early theses."
• "Halalisation signifies a powerful and growing preoccupation with the proliferation of […]"
• "At the same time that they invoke Christian identity, the civilizationists also stress their secularism. But there is no contradiction between the populist right’s Christianism and its secularism, since both derive from a preoccupation with Islam."

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