something on the brain

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obsession n.
preconceived notion n.

NOUN

obsession

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compulsion delusion enthusiasm fascination infatuation mania passion phobia preoccupation

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attraction case complex craze crush fancy fetish hang-up monkey on one's back must neurosis phantom thing

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ax to grind bug in ear concrete idea idée fixe one-track mind tiger by the tail

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indifference

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dislike hate hatred reality

NOUN

preconceived notion

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preconception

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assumption preconceived idea prejudgment prejudice presumption

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something on the brain

"Here is Olympia's name in the bills, while the other is ill with something on the brain or nerves."

From The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens

something on the brain

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