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Definition of Preoccupations
1. preoccupation [n] - See also: preoccupation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Preoccupations
Literary usage of Preoccupations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ten Nequdoth of the Torah: Or, The Meaning and Purpose of the by Romain François Butin, Shemaryahu Talmon (1906)
"The tendencies, ideals, and preoccupations of his age and country, are also to
a great extent his own preoccupations and tendencies. ..."
2. Life of Elie Metchnikoff, 1845-1916 by Olga Metchnikoff (1921)
"... to Sevrée— Return to the Institute—Protracted sufferings—Intellectual
preoccupations—Observations on his own condition—The end— Cremation. ..."
3. A History of Dreams, Visions, Apparitions, Ecstasy, Magnetism, and Somnabulism (1855)
"... ecstasies—Influence of different civilizations—Influence of the passions, of
fixed ideas, of preoccupations of the mind, and of bodily occupations. ..."
4. A Court in Exile: Charles Edward Stuart and the Romance of the Countess D by Vitelleschi (1903)
"... daily routine—Her methodical habits—Her literary work—Receptions at her
house—The decline of her health—Gustave's preoccupations—The Countess's tenacity ..."
5. Passional Hygiene and Natural Medicine: Embracing the Harmonies of Man with by M. Edgeworth Lazurus (1852)
"... or exclusive preoccupations after the loss of a beloved object, like Orpheus
or Calypso, or a dethroned king brooding always over the throne that he has ..."
6. Aphorisms: An Address Delivered Before the Edinburgh Philosophical by John Morley (1887)
"And the same consideration of the ceaseless and natural preoccupations of men in
the daily struggle, will reconcile the wise man to all the disappointments, ..."
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