Antonyms for preoccupation
priˌɒk yəˈpeɪ ʃən, ˌpri ɒk-pre·oc·cu·pa·tion

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1. preoccupationnoun

   Synonyms:
   preoccupancy

2. preoccupationnoun

   the state of being preoccupied or an idea that preoccupies the mind; enthrallment

   Synonyms:
   preoccupancy

3. preoccupationnoun

   the act of occupying something before someone else

   Synonyms:
   preoccupancy

Matched Categories

1. • Cognitive State
   • Idea

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1. preoccupationnoun

   an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention

   Synonyms:
   engrossment, preoccupancy, absorption

2. preoccupation, preoccupancy, absorption, engrossmentnoun

   the mental state of being preoccupied by something

   Synonyms:
   preoccupancy, assimilation, concentration, engrossment, intentness, absorption, immersion, soaking up

3. preoccupancy, preoccupationnoun

   the act of taking occupancy before someone else does

   Synonyms:
   engrossment, preoccupancy, absorption

How to use preoccupation in a sentence?

1. Kahlil Gibran:

   Our worst fault is our preoccupation with the faults of others.

2. Helen Strudwick:

   The coffins show the skill and care with which the Egyptians prepared for the afterlife, to us, for whom death is a taboo subject, this seems like a morbid preoccupation. In fact, it was an obsession with life and an urgent wish to ensure its perfected continuation.

3. Daniel Riseman:

   Some of my students take improv classes months prior to their college interviews, this is not intended to make them funnier. Rather, such training allows them to learn to be in the moment more effectively. Interviewers can sense preoccupation. Instead, embrace the moment.

4. Jay Leno:

   Your preoccupation should be on doing what you do as well as you can. What your co-workers say about you, what your opponent is doing -- that doesn't matter.

5. Iris Murdoch:

   Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary everyday mode of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with self. To be damned is for one's ordinary everyday mode of consciousness to be unremitting agonizing preoccupation with self.

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