obsession in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for obsession in the English»Italian Dictionary

obsession [Brit əbˈsɛʃ(ə)n, Am əbˈsɛʃən] N

obsession

ossessione f (with di, per; with doing per fare)

she has an obsession with hygiene, with tidiness

ha una vera ossessione per la pulizia, per l'ordine

sailing is an obsession with him

la vela per lui è una fissazione

to have an obsession with death

essere ossessionato dall'idea della morte

her life was dominated by one great obsession

la sua vita era dominata da un'unica grande ossessione

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a geeky obsession with model-making

una passione maniacale per il modellismo

to be in the grip of an obsession, a bad dream

essere in preda a un'ossessione, essere preda di un brutto sogno

Translations for obsession in the Italian»English Dictionary

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invasamento

obsession

baco (tormento)

obsession

ossessione

obsession di, per: with

ossessione

obsession di, per: with

essere ossessionato dall'idea della morte

to have an obsession or be obsessed with death

è una vera mania

it's an absolute obsession

idea fissa

obsession

obsession in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for obsession in the English»Italian Dictionary

obsession [əb·ˈse·ʃən] N

obsession

ossessione f

to have an obsession with sb/sth

avere la fissazione di qu/qc

Translations for obsession in the Italian»English Dictionary

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ossessione

obsession

avere un chiodo fisso fig

to have an obsession

chiodo

obsession

obsession Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to have an obsession with sb/sth

avere la fissazione di qu/qc

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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He is married to a wife who understands his obsession and has a high school-aged daughter.

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It is also criticized as forcing a new generation to surrender its childhood out of an obsession with status and getting ahead.

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But if it's purely to satisfy the media's obsession with celebrity, then no thanks.

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It is not letting go of an obsession which develops through association with the anger which underlies it.

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He likes biology to the point of obsession, and regularly performs experiments on people.

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The need to increase productivity became an obsession for him.

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The possible reasons for such an obsession are numerous.

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She has the obsession to steal blood from guests.

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At the heart of the novel is an exploration of the power and price of scholarly obsession.

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His obsession with these projects has evolved into a rejection of temporal social topics.

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