Obsession and Tic

Obsession

Obsession noun - Something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned.

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Tic and obsession are semantically related in personal problem topic. In some cases you can use "Tic" instead a noun "Obsession".

Tic noun - An odd or peculiar habit.

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Obsession and tic are semantically related in personal problem topic. Sometimes you can use "Obsession" instead a noun "Tic".

particular	particular obsession	particular tic
similar	similar obsession	similar tic
specific	specific obsession	specific tic
complete	complete obsession	complete tic
Other adjectives: original, mild, single, strong, severe, personal, new, major, general, apparent, ridiculous, unusual, odd, weird, bizarre, latest.

In Death Note, all the Wammy's kids have some kind of obsession or tic, thought to be from the stress of the cases they handle and trying to live up to L.

Source: Cigarette of Anxiety
The episode "Hurricane Neddy" saw Ned snap and verbally attack his neighbors while explaining both his Verbal Tic and obsession with being nice, and the episode "Viva Ned Flanders" saw his boring, milquetoast ways get pitied, rather than celebrated.

Source: Flanderization / Western Animation

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