| NOUN | cognition | preoccupancy, preoccupation, absorption, engrossment | the mental state of being preoccupied by something |
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| act | preoccupancy, preoccupation | the act of taking occupancy before someone else does |
| Meaning | The mental state of being preoccupied by something. | |
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| Synonyms | preoccupation, absorption, engrossment | |
| Narrower | absentmindedness | preoccupation so great that the ordinary demands on attention are ignored |
| abstractedness, abstraction | preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else | |
| Broader | cognitive state, state of mind | The state of a person's cognitive processes |
| Spanish | inquietud, intranquilidad, preocupación | |
| Catalan | amoïnament, capficament, inquietud, intranquil·litat, neguit, preocupació | |
| Adjectives | preoccupied | having or showing excessive or compulsive concern / concern with something |
| preoccupied | deeply absorbed in thought | |
| Verbs | preoccupy | engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively |
| Meaning | The act of taking occupancy before someone else does. | |
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| Synonym | preoccupation | |
| Broader | occupation, occupancy, moving in | The act of occupying or taking possession of a building |
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