I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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almost
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The portrait is hyper-real, with almost obsessive attention to surface, to clothing.
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But we reckoned without the persistence and almost obsessive scheming of Airey Neave.
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This tendency was reinforced by Nkrumah's almost obsessive working habits.
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He remembered that his attack on the archives had been almost obsessive .
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But everything he said was treated with almost obsessive distrust.
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At times I become so obsessive about the dangers that I find myself making lists of what could go wrong.
■ NOUN
concern
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With the coming of a child-centred approach to discipline, the old obsessive concern with orderly habits and unfailing obedience was discarded.
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It had occurred because of an obsessive concern over the possibility that the President's bid for re-election might just possibly fail.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Deep anxiety can cause obsessive behaviour.
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I try to look after my body as best I can, but I'm not obsessive about it.
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She's got this obsessive fear of losing control, so she never shows her emotions.
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She has an obsessive need to control everything.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Also, learning to be obsessive about detail.
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By the next morning, the now familiar, obsessive anxiety had returned.
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Its obsessive search for more water, however, was never to end.
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More precaution than that seemed obsessive .
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The care of the interior demands an obsessive habit of mind.
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This should annoy players who are obsessive about mapping details.
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Who, except the most obsessive academic, reads a book as he hears speech?
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Dawson's obsessives will recognise this jangly, guitar-pop the second the catchy chorus kicks in.
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Some Beach Boys obsessives consider Landy a cruel and manipulative opportunist who brainwashed Brian in order to share his glory.
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Tetris obsessives find themselves placing the objects in a room neatly together in their mind.
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Wasn't this yet another consumer durable we didn't need, being test-marketed on obsessives?
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We don't work all the time, unless we're driven obsessives.