Obsessional

Definition: Obsessional

Obsessional

Adjective

1. Characterized by or constituting an obsession; "the obsessional character of his response"; "obsessive gambling".

Date "obsessional" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Health	Neurosis characterized by the repetitive intrusion into the mind, against volition, of ideas, numinations and phobias, often associated with compulsive actions. (references)
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Synonym: Obsessional

Synonym: obsessive (adj). (additional references)

Crosswords: Obsessional

English words defined with "obsessional": obsessive. (references)

Specialty definitions using "obsessional": obsessional neurosis. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Obsessional Neurosese: Developmental Psychopathology (reference) Obsessional states (reference) Obsessional Thoughts and Behaviour: Help for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (reference) Behavioural Treatment of Obsessional States (reference) Hysteria: Or Fragments of an Analysis of an Obsessional Neurosis (reference) (more book examples)
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"Obsessional" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.73% of the time. "Obsessional" is used about 79 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	98.73%	78	37,656
Noun (proper)	1.27%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	79	N/A

Expression using "obsessional": obsessional neurosis. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "obsessional": obsessional-rigid.
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Language		Translations for "obsessional"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
French		névrose obsessionnelle (obsessional neurosis). (various references)

German		Zwangssyndrom (obsessional neurosis), Zwangsneurose (compulsion neurosis), Zwangskrankheit (obsessional neurosis). (various references)

Hungarian		rögeszmés (crackpot, crack-pot, crotchety, monomaniac, obsessionist), monomániás (obsessionist, one-ideaed), monomániákus (obsessionist), lidércnyomásos (hag-ridden, obsessionist), kényszerképzetes (obsessionist). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		強迫神経症 (obsessional neurosis). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		きょうはくしんけいしょう (obsessional neurosis). (various references)

Pig Latin		obsessionalay

Swedish		tvångsmässig (compulsive). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "obsessional": obsessionally. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "obsessional" (pronounced ubse"shunul)
7	-s e" sh u n u l	concessional, processional.
6	-e" sh u n u l	confessional, congressional, nonprofessional, professional, unprofessional.
5	-sh u n u l	aberrational, additional, binational, coeducational, compositional, computational, conditional, conformational, confrontational, congregational, connotational, constitutional, conventional, conversational, correctional, denominational, depositional, devotional, dimensional, directional, dysfunctional, educational, emotional, exceptional, factional, fictional, fluxional, foundational, fractional, functional, generational, gravitational, improvisational, informational, inspirational, institutional, instructional, intentional, intergenerational, international, investigational, Invitational, irrational, jurisdictional, motivational, multinational, national, navigational, nontraditional, nutritional, occupational, operational, optional, organizational, promotional, proportional, rational, recreational, relational, representational, rotational, sectional, sensational, situational, supranational, traditional, transformational, transitional, transnational, unconditional, unconstitutional, unconventional, unemotional, unintentional, untraditional, vocational.
4	-u n u l	abdominal, aboriginal, Arsenal, attitudinal, biphenyl, cantonal, Cardinal, collisional, criminal, delusional, diagonal, divisional, doctrinal, duodenal, erosional, gastrointestinal, hexagonal, impersonal, interpersonal, intestinal, juvenile, latitudinal, longitudinal, luminal, marginal, medicinal, nominal, noncriminal, occasional, octagonal, original, personal, phenomenal, polygonal, provisional, regional, retinal, seasonal, seminal, sentinel, subliminal, superregional, terminal, virginal.
3	-n u l	adrenal, anal, annal, annul, atonal, autumnal, carnal, channel, Colonel, communal, cornel, Darnel, departmental, diurnal, empanel, eternal, external, faunal, fennel, final, flannel, fraternal, funnel, hormonal, Hymnal, impanel, infernal, internal, journal, kennel, kernel, maternal, monoclonal, monsoonal, morainal, nocturnal, panel, paternal, penal, polyvinyl, renal, semifinal, shrapnel, signal, spinal, tonal, tribunal, tunnel, vaginal, venal, vernal, Vinal, vinyl.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-l-n-o-o-s-s-s"
	-2 letters: obsession, sessional.
	-3 letters: anisoles, bassoons, biasness, lesbians.
	-4 letters: abioses, abseils, albinos, anisole, assoils, basions, bassoon, biasses, blisses, bolases, bolsons, bonsais, boonies, bossies, essoins, insoles, lassies, lassoes, lesbian, lesions, lessons, lioness, loobies, loonies, loosens, obelias, osseins, sabines, salines, saloons, sanseis, seasons, session, silanes, sinless, solanos, solions, sonless.
	-5 letters: ablins, abseil, aisles, albino, aliens, alines, aloins.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-l-n-o-o-s-s-s"
	+2 letters: laboriousness, obsessionally.
	+4 letters: laboriousnesses, subprofessional.
	+5 letters: dishonorableness, inconsolableness, subprofessionals.
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