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self-preoccupation


noun

  1. the state of being preoccupied.
  2. an act of preoccupying.

noun

  1. the state of being preoccupied, esp mentally
  2. something that holds the attention or preoccupies the mind

n.1550s, “state of occupying beforehand,” from Latin praeoccupationem (nominative praeoccupatio) “a seizing beforehand, anticipation,” noun of action from past participle stem of praeoccupare, from prae- “before” (see pre-) + occupare “seize” (see occupy). Meaning “mental absorption” is from 1854. Earlier its secondary sense was “bias, prejudice” (c.1600).

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