Definition of Preoccupation

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Definition of Preoccupation
	Preoccupation The act of preoccupying, or taking possession of beforehand; the state of being preoccupied; prepossession. Anticipation of objections. Related Definitions: Act, Anticipation, Beforehand, Being, Of, Or, Possession, Preoccupied, Preoccupying, Prepossession, State, Taking, The

Preoccupation Quotations

I've discovered I've got this preoccupation with ordinary people pursued by large forces.
Steven Spielberg

That is my major preoccupation, memory, the kingdom of memory. I want to protect and enrich that kingdom, glorify that kingdom and serve it.
Elie Wiesel

Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from.
Eric Hoffer

It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
Bertrand Russell

A remarkable feature of the humanitarian movement, on both its sentimental and utilitarian sides, has been its preoccupation with the lot of the masses.
Irving Babbitt

Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones.
Nicolas de Chamfort

We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists... in the loved one, perfection.
Sidney Poitier

It had always been a British preoccupation to hold this mile record.
Roger Bannister

Maybe the preoccupation with technological progress has overshadowed our concern with human progress.
Wynton Marsalis

What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with his outward command and his sense of superiority.
Arthur Erickson

Preoccupation Translations

preoccupation in German is Vertieftseins

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