Anticipation and Preoccupation

Anticipation

Anticipation noun - The act or state of looking forward to some occurrence.

Preoccupation and anticipation are semantically related. in expectation topic. In some cases you can use "Preoccupation" instead a noun "Anticipation".

Preoccupation

Preoccupation noun - Something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned.
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Synonyms for Preoccupation

Anticipation and preoccupation are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Anticipation" with "Preoccupation", this nouns are similar.

How words are described

obvious obvious anticipation obvious preoccupation
major major anticipation major preoccupation
morbid morbid anticipation morbid preoccupation
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