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Definition
busy thinking about or doing something so that other things are not noticed or done
- I never understood her preoccupation with heredity.p. 173.2
preoccupation = continual thought and interest
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
- Again, as I had often met it in my own church, I was confronted with the Impurity of Women doctrine that seemed to preoccupy all clergymen.p. 162.2
preoccupy = keep occupying the interest
There are no more uses of "preoccupied" in To Kill a Mockingbird.
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