obsessed

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For the obsessed, the pursuit of the subject of fascination inevitably ends in minutiae.

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  1. having or showing excessive or compulsive concern; -- used with with.

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  1. having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something
  2. influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion

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  • I wasn't, like, an obsessed -- you know, get A's kind of guy. —  Philip Rosedale on Second Life
  • She'd always been histrionic and self-obsessed, and now she was downright crazy. —  Gardner Dozois - The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection (2006)
  • Men aren't all sex-obsessed, and women aren't all saints. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
  • Reading the latest statistics, it's hard to avoid the conclusion that malware writers think that the celebrity-obsessed are as recklessly naive as they are star-struck. —  Infoworld News
  • Fortunately for this man obsessed, his wife Sherry shares his fascination with the ancient Americans. —  The Natchez Democrat
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