preoccupation

See also: préoccupation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French préoccupation, from Latin praeoccupatiō. Synchronically analyzable as pre- +‎ occupation or preoccupy +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

preoccupation (countable and uncountable, plural preoccupations)

The state of being preoccupied or an idea that preoccupies the mind; enthrallment.
The act of occupying something before someone else.

Synonyms

preoccupancy

Related terms

Translations

the state of being preoccupied; enthrallment

German: Vertieftsein n, Beschäftigtsein n, beherrschender Gedanke m, Sorge (de) f, Anliegen (de) n, Besorgnis (de) f
Persian: اشتغال فکری‎ (ešteğâl-e fekri)

Russian: поглощённость (ru) f (pogloščónnostʹ), увлечённость (ru) f (uvlečónnostʹ), озабо́ченность (ru) f (ozabóčennostʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: zaokupljenost (sh)

the act of occupying something before someone else

Russian: заня́тие места зара́нее (zanjátije mesta zaráneje), заня́тие места ра́ньше другого (zanjátije mesta ránʹše drugovo)

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