preoccupation

• The inward / outward preoccupation is the fundamental disagreement between liberals and conservatives. —  FunctionalAmbivalent
• This slippery sense of historicity is key to a phenomenon in anime criticism that Professor Berndt wants to question, namely the preoccupation with reading Japanese identity into anime and presuming that anime stands for Japan rather than being a product of Japan. —  Frames Per Second Magazine
• OBSESSION: a compulsive or irrational preoccupation, an unhealthy fixation —  New Statesman
• The economy is Mr Brown's preoccupation, and his best hope of avoiding defeat in next year's general election. —  The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
• On the part of the left, their preoccupation is, in many ways, nuclear nationalism, to some extent shared with the BJP, that, why can†™ t we just-we shouldn†™ t have this kind of restraint. —  Democracy Now!

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