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Definition of: preoccupation
(prē·ok′yə·pā′shən) noun
1. The act of occupying before others, or the state of being or having a prior occupant: also pre·oc′cu·pan·cy.
2. The state of being preoccupied, as in mind, attention, or inclination; prepossession.
3. Something that preoccupies. [<L praeoccupatio, -onis]
—pre·oc′cu·pant noun
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