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Common collocations with obsession in American Collocation

obsession noun

US /əbˈseʃ(ə)n/

not good

unhealthy
worrying

I think you may be developing an unhealthy obsession with shopping.

strange

bizarre
morbid
unnatural
weird

We’re not alone in our unnatural obsession with food and weight.

not sensible

excessive
irrational
neurotic

People with OCD are aware that their compulsions and obsessions are irrational or excessive.

extreme

compulsive
fanatical
single-minded

Because they’re not allowed to travel into the West it becomes an almost fanatical obsession to do it.

about sex

erotic
sexual

Asylum is a dark psychological thriller of sexual obsession set in the 1950s.

continuing for a long time

lifelong
longstanding

His lifelong obsession was the idea that there could be life on other worlds in our solar system.

increasing

growing

We live in a materialistic age where there seems to be a growing obsession with money.

have an obsession

have
suffer from

A local 16-year-old known as the Insect Boy has an obsession with bugs.

have the same obsession

share

I’m very lucky to have a partner who shares the obsession of my life!

be an obsession

amount to
be

His love for the harp amounted to an obsession.

almost be an obsession

border on

She has a liking for cream cakes that borders on obsession.

become an obsession

become
develop
turn into

Coffee has become an obsession for Kiwis in recent years, in particular the search for the perfect ‘flat white’.

satisfy an obsession

feed
indulge
satisfy

The library gives me access to all the books necessary to indulge my obsession with the Great War.

overcome an obsession

overcome

We need to overcome our obsession with material things.

show an obsession

reflect
reveal

Jenni Sinclair’s art reflects her obsession with people and the nature of humans.