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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 compulsivenessplay

  Familiarity information: OBSESSIVITY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OBSESSIVITY (noun)


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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