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What does preoccupation mean?

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Noun
  1. The state of being preoccupied or an idea that preoccupies the mind; enthrallment.
  2. The act of occupying something before someone else.
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He compares the preoccupation with the extremes of the Jacobeans to the extremes of recent playwrights.
In Siena artists responded to the Florentine preoccupation with space, yet retained a traditional interest in rich decoration.
Despite this preoccupation with finding evil, they are able to recognize the good in anyone or anything.
They share this preoccupation with other disciplines and interdisciplinary subject areas in the humanities.
America's economic recovery and its likely strength have been and remain the central preoccupation in economics around the world.
Regionalism attracts because we perceive that the admittedly global economy mocks any preoccupation with localism and local loyalties and causes.

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