PREOCCUPANCY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does preoccupancy mean? 

• PREOCCUPANCY (noun)
  The noun PREOCCUPANCY has 2 senses:

1. the mental state of being preoccupied by something

2. the act of taking occupancy before someone else does

  Familiarity information: PREOCCUPANCY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PREOCCUPANCY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The mental state of being preoccupied by something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

absorption; engrossment; preoccupancy; preoccupation

Hypernyms ("preoccupancy" is a kind of...):

cognitive state; state of mind (the state of a person's cognitive processes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "preoccupancy"):

abstractedness; abstraction (preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else)

absentmindedness (preoccupation so great that the ordinary demands on attention are ignored)

Derivation:

preoccupied (having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something)

preoccupied (deeply absorbed in thought)

preoccupy (engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of taking occupancy before someone else does

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

preoccupancy; preoccupation

Hypernyms ("preoccupancy" is a kind of...):

moving in; occupancy; occupation (the act of occupying or taking possession of a building)