NOUN | a preoccupation | preoccupations | |
SYNO | absorption | engrossment | preoccupancy | ... |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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- The 1965 work closely follows the 1962 triptych in mood, colour and form, and continues the artist's preoccupation with the imagery of the slaughterhouse.
- In October 1974, McLaren renamed the outlet SEX to reflect a growing preoccupation with fetish wear and provocation.
- Due to distraction and preoccupation during the landing sequence, approximately 100 gear-up landing incidents occurred each year in the United States between 1998 and 2003.
- Béroalde's corpus is vast and his works show a preoccupation with encyclopedic learning, the organization of knowledge and the difficulties of interpretation.
- Easkins student Thomas Pollock Anshutz (1851-1912) had a long preoccupation painting "Arcadian subjects".
- Socialism had a late appearance in Indian politics and this was attributed to a preoccupation on the part of political activists with the independence movement.
- Ricardo's preoccupation with class conflict anticipated the work of Karl Marx (see below).
- Nolde's intense preoccupation with the subject of flowers reflected his interest in the art of Vincent van Gogh.
- Moreover, direct taxation are transfers which can have a redistributive preoccupation (combined with the will of increasing tax revenue).
- His preoccupation with ciphers led him to establish the code department of the Shai, at the same time being the commander of the Old City.
- Some have argued that the post-9/11 preoccupation of terrorism has led to gaps in investigation and intelligence to combat the modern, ever-sophisticated transnational criminal networks.
- Proto's first short film, Pura Sangre (2005) is based on a South American travelogue and explores society's preoccupation with sociological and biological bloodlines.
- He has written on egomania, which he defines as an obsessive preoccupation with the self, teratophilia and pandrogyny.
- It involves excessive and purposeless motor behaviour, as well as an extreme mental preoccupation that prevents an intact experience of reality.
- The incompetency of the Treasury was a constant preoccupation of finance capital, indicated by the financial press at the time.
- Cachiche is a community located just four kilometers from Ica, Peru that is known for a preoccupation with witchcraft.
- Fuelled by MacKenzie's preoccupation with the subject, stories in "The Sun" spread rumours about the sexual orientation of famous people, especially pop stars.
- Previously, during this week, the seven remaining contestants received second makeovers to refresh their looks and, despite some initial preoccupation, all were satisfied with the final outcomes.
- Orthorexia nervosa [...] (also known as orthorexia) (ON) is a proposed eating disorder characterized by an excessive preoccupation with eating healthy food.
- Since then, narcissism has become a household word; in analytic literature, given the great preoccupation with the subject, the term is used more than almost any other'.
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