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Preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
Answer for the clue "Preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else ", 14 letters:
abstractedness
Word definitions for abstractedness in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state of being abstracted; abstract character. (First attested in the mid 17 th century.) (R:SOED5: page=10)
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else [syn: abstraction ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Abstractedness \Ab*stract"ed*ness\, n. The state of being abstracted; abstract character.
Usage examples of abstractedness.
But as, after all, the abstractedness of these speculations is no recommendation, but rather a disadvantage to them, and as this difficulty may perhaps be surmounted by care and art, and the avoiding of all unnecessary detail, we have, in the following enquiry, attempted to throw some light upon subjects, from which uncertainty has hitherto deterred the wise, and obscurity the ignorant.
This evening Vautrin had noticed Eugene's abstractedness, and stayed in the room, though he had seemed to be in a hurry to finish his dinner and go.