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What is the adjective for obsession?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb obsess which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

obsessive
  1. Prone to cause obsession.
  2. Having one thought or pursuing one activity to the absolute or nearly absolute exclusion of all others.
  3. Excessive, as results from obsession.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “The stories dramatize this dilemma of piety, offering a warning about the dangers of an obsessive desire to keep the past alive in memory.”
obsessed
  1. Intensely preoccupied with or by a given topic or emotion; driven by a specified obsession.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Giorgio is obsessed with looking for aliens where none exist.”
      “Thenceforth, she became obsessed with thoughts of revenge.”
obsessional
  1. Marked by obsession
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Why otherwise would sales charts become the obsessional focus for interactions between pop and society?”
      “He later identifies that pathological disposition as a form of obsessional neurosis tinged with narcissistic tendencies.”
      “Celebrity stalkers are usually found in the love obsessional group, a high proportion of whom suffer from psychotic illnesses.”
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