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obsessive

adjective as in addictive

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adjective as in haunting

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“Ghost” is for the lovelorn ceramics obsessives; “Soul” for the jazz lovers; “Beetlejuice” for the freaks.

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What makes obsessive political preoccupation distinct is its collective reinforcement: Social media, partisan news outlets and aspects of modern therapy have turned emotional validation into moral virtue.

Critics also say the focus on efficiency eventually became obsessive, and led to workers’ mental exhaustion and alienation.

An internet obsessive and technologist, Grimes knew that she’d struck a vein of something real in the substanceless expanse of the internet.

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It is still widely considered a benchmark for open-world video games due to its depth and obsessive attention to detail, despite coming out in 2018.

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