preoccupations in English

noun

1

the state or condition of being preoccupied or engrossed with something.

his preoccupation with politics

synonyms: pensiveness, concentration, engrossment, absorption, self-absorption, musing, thinking, deep thought, brown study, brooding, abstraction, absentmindedness, distraction, forgetfulness, inattentiveness, woolgathering, daydreaming

noun

pensiveness, concentration, engrossment, absorption, self-absorption, musing, thinking, deep thought, brown study, brooding, abstraction, absentmindedness, distraction, forgetfulness, inattentiveness, woolgathering, daydreaming
obsession, concern, passion, enthusiasm, hobbyhorse
engrossment, absorption, preoccupancy
preoccupancy

Use "preoccupations" in a sentence

1. Sacred interests must not be overshadowed by material preoccupations or recreational pursuits.

2. By turns picaresque and ironic, it's a revealing portrait of Norwegian preoccupations and insecurities.

3. 18 By turns picaresque and ironic,(www.Sentencedict.com) it's a revealing portrait of Norwegian preoccupations and insecurities.

4. He found it hard to concentrate on conversation so far removed from his present preoccupations.

5. In the midst of his Abdication preoccupations Baldwin made one major speech on another subject.

6. His latest book reflects the old preoccupations with sex and religion that typify much of his work.

7. Aurangzeb organized his life as ruler of Hindustan around a few key ideals and preoccupations

8. Once more the world was treated as a convenience wrapping for Labour's parochial and predominantly internal preoccupations.

9. + 7 For just as many preoccupations lead to dreams,+ so, too, many words lead to futility.

10. A feeling of great peace descended upon the rector despite the preoccupations of the errand in hand.

11. 22 A feeling of great peace descended upon the rector despite the preoccupations of the errand in hand.

12. He pulled his awkward cloak about his shoulders and closed his eyes, emptying his head of preoccupations.

13. Nor was it the traditional and risible gaps between the spiritual duties of the clergy and their worldly preoccupations.

14. Our preoccupations were with the consequences of Partition and the uniquely complicated birth of the independent Indian state.

15. Compulsive buying disorder is characterised by excessive or poorly controlled preoccupations, urges or behaviours regarding shopping and spending, which lead to adverse consequences

16. Classmate MINUS is not the masterpiece that director Huang Hsin-yao’s first film, T he Great Buddha ＋, was.However, it is a competent second effort, and the same aesthetic and political preoccupations persist in Classmate Minus as in The Great Buddha +, which took Taiwanese cinema by storm in 2017.

17. He is an avid Attender at the important business of this House, as I [] am sure everyone here would recognise, and I consider it sufficient for the President of the Commission to be able to say legitimately and honestly that he has work preoccupations which, owing to timetabling, had to take precedence even over the proceedings of this House