obsessão
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Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin obsessiōnem (“siege; obsession”), from obsideō (“to siege”), from ob (“before”) + sedeō (“to sit”).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
Noun
[edit]obsessão f (plural obsessões)
- fixation, obsession
- (psychology) obsession (compulsive or irrational preoccupation)
- (theology) vexation caused by the Devil’s influence, without possession
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- Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐ̃w̃
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐ̃w̃/3 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
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- Portuguese terms suffixed with -ão