obsessão
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin obsessiōnem (“siege; obsession”), from obsideō (“to siege”), from ob (“before”) + sedeō (“to sit”).
Pronunciation edit
- 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