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Meanings of obsessive in English

Characterized by or constituting an obsession.

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With an uncontrolled need to do things.

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Examples for "compulsive"
Examples for "compulsive"
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We used to try and get him out of that compulsive state.
Melnitz
2
Excessive development of this capacity can lead to compulsive or delusional behaviour.
The Irish Times
3
Official bodies in psychiatry don't recognise compulsive porn use as an addiction.
The Guardian
4
Today I'm reasonably sure that he had obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD.
It's nobody's fault: new hope and help for difficult children an...
5
Obsessive-compulsive scale of the Child Behavior Checklist: Specificity, sensitivity, and predictive power.
Pubmed
Usage of obsessive in English
1
And the company has taken an obsessive approach to designing the product.
Wired
2
The Market even oftens RSS feeds for the really, really obsessive dedicated.
Wired
3
His obsessive concern for security, secrecy, and personal survival saw to that.
The accident man
4
He is obsessive; he would keep going until he got it right.
The Guardian
5
Today I'm reasonably sure that he had obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD.
It's nobody's fault: new hope and help for difficult children an...
6
It reflects the obsessive attention to detail of its creator, Ethan Schoonover.
Wired
7
Self-report assessment devices of obsessive-compulsive symptoms are widely used by behavior therapists.
Pubmed
8
You know you're an obsessive bibliophile when you start dreaming literary puns.
The Irish Times
9
There's still, though, an obsessive quality about the Anglican attachment to episcopacy.
The Guardian
10
Simply because there has never been an actor as obsessive as Day-Lewis.
BBC
11
There have always been young men with obsessive interests in these topics.
The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontie...
12
I have always had a highly addictive personality and am deeply obsessive-compulsive.
News.com.au
13
These include phobias, depression, mania, obsessive-compulsive disorders, and some forms of neurosis.
The Disposable Male
14
Does the obsessive attention people pay the show ever get too much?
The Guardian
15
He has an obsessive mind and a willpower that's impossible to derail.
Climbing Magazine
16
Heap later became famous as obsessive Dr Alan Statham in Green Wing.
The Guardian
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Obsessive through the time
Obsessive across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common