15
engrossment(noun, activity, study, force, concern)
14
absorption(noun, activity, study, concern, interest)
12
fixation(noun, state, love, worry, passion)
12
obsession(noun, state, force, love, worry)
11
preoccupancy(noun, amusement, absorption)
10
musing(noun, thought, consideration, fantasy, dream)
10
reverie(noun, study, reserve, consideration, dream)
9
distraction(noun, disturbance, amusement, away, interruption)
9
mania(noun, love, passion, desire, anxiety)
8
abstraction(noun, state, study, confusion, disturbance)
8
compulsion(noun, force, drive, love, passion)
8
prepossession(noun, force, passion, concern, excite)
6
concentration(noun, study, interest, notice, attention)
6
daydreaming(noun, thought, amusement, consideration, thinking)
6
hang-up(noun, force, love, worry, passion)
6
immersion(noun, interest, excite, connection, attention)
5
amusement(noun, confusion, disturbance, interruption, disruption)
5
anxiety(noun, worry, fear, fixation, hang-up)
5
brown study(noun, expression, idiom, study, reserve)
5
indifference(noun, reserve, detachment, inattention, aloofness)
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