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Adjective: obsessive  ub'se-siv
  1. Characterized by or constituting an obsession
    "obsessive gambling";
    - obsessional
Noun: obsessive  ub'se-siv
  1. A person who has obsessions
    "The obsessive couldn't stop checking if the door was locked"

Derived forms: obsessives

See also: neurotic, psychoneurotic

Type of: mental case [informal], neurotic, psychoneurotic

Encyclopedia: Obsessive