preoccupation

See also: préoccupation

English

Alternative forms

• pre-occupation

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French préoccupation, from Latin praeoccupatiō. By surface analysis, pre- +‎ occupation or preoccupy +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹiɑkjʊˈpeɪʃən/, /ˌpriɑkjəˈpeɪʃən/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹiɒkjʊˈpeɪʃən/, /ˌpɹiɒkjəˈpeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

preoccupation (countable and uncountable, plural preoccupations)

1. The state of being preoccupied or an idea that preoccupies the mind; enthrallment.
2. The act of occupying something before someone else.

Synonyms

• preoccupancy

Derived terms

• self-preoccupation

 

Related terms

• preoccupy
• occupation

Translations

the state of being preoccupied; enthrallment

• Bulgarian: загриженост (bg) f (zagriženost)
• German: Vertieftsein n, Beschäftigtsein n, beherrschender Gedanke m, Sorge (de) f, Anliegen (de) n, Besorgnis (de) f
• Persian: اشتغال فکری (ešteğâl-e fekri)
• Plautdietsch: Besätenheit f
• Russian: поглощённость f (pogloščónnostʹ), увлечённость (ru) f (uvlečónnostʹ), озабо́ченность (ru) f (ozabóčennostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: zaokupljenost (sh)

the act of occupying something before someone else

• Russian: заня́тие места зара́нее (zanjátije mesta zaráneje), заня́тие места ра́ньше другого (zanjátije mesta ránʹše drugovo)