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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Preoccupation \Pre*oc`cu*pa"tion\, n. [L. praeoccupatio: cf. F.
pr['e]occupation.]
1. The act of preoccupying, or taking possession of
beforehand; the state of being preoccupied; prepossession.
[1913 Webster]
2. Anticipation of objections. [R.] --South.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
preoccupation
n 1: an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention
2: the mental state of being preoccupied by something [syn:
{preoccupation}, {preoccupancy}, {absorption}, {engrossment}]
3: the act of taking occupancy before someone else does [syn:
{preoccupancy}, {preoccupation}]
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