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obsession

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obsession
noun
the idea grew in his mind until it became an obsession:
fixation, ruling/consuming passion, passion, mania, idée fixe, compulsion, preoccupation, enthusiasm, infatuation, addiction, fetish, craze, hobby horse;
phobia, complex, neurosis;
informal bee in one's bonnet, hang-up, thing, bug.