preoccupation

Other forms of preoccupation

plural

preoccupations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about preoccupation

What does preoccupation mean?

preoccupation means "an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in preoccupation?

preoccupation has 5 syllables: pre-oc-cu-pa-tion. The stress falls on "pa". In IPA it is /pɹiˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃən/.

What is another word for preoccupation?

Close synonyms include preoccupancy, absorption, engrossment, preoccupancy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is preoccupation a common word?

preoccupation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with preoccupation?

8 words rhyme with preoccupation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.