different between obsession vs secrets

English

Etymology

From Latin obsessio (“a besieging”), from obsidere (“to besiege”); see obsess.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?b?s???n/
• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

obsession (countable and uncountable, plural obsessions)

1. A compulsive or irrational preoccupation.
2. An unhealthy fixation.
3. Influence or control by evil spirits without possession.
   • 1973, Jessie Penn-Lewis, Evan Roberts, War on the Saints, ?ISBN.

     if an evil spirit counterfeits the presence of God, and comes upon the man as an influence only, it may be described as obsession; but when a footing is gained in him, it is "possession," because the obsessing spirits have gained access, and possess the ground they hold, up to the extent of the ground given.

   • 1999, Mary E. McDonough, God's Plan of Redemption, page 85, ?ISBN.

     They should see that a perception of their identification with the Victor of Calvary is absolutely necessary if they are to constantly and victoriously resist the obsession of evil spirits.

   • 2007, James E. Padgett, The Teachings of Jesus, page 100, ?ISBN.

     It is true, that by the workings of the law of attraction, and the susceptibility of mortals to the influence of spirit powers, mortals may become obsessed by the spirits of evil—that is evil spirits of men who once lived on earth—and this obsession may become so complete and powerful that the living mortal may lose all power to resist this influence of the evil spirits...

Related terms

• obsess
• obsessed
• obsessional
• obsessive, obsessively

Translations

Further reading

• obsession in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• obsession in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• bosonises

French

Etymology

From Latin obsessio (“a besieging”), from obsidere (“to besiege”); see obsess.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p.s?.sj??/

Noun

obsession f (plural obsessions)

1. obsession

Related terms

• obsédant
• obsédé
• obséder
• obsessif

Further reading

• “obsession” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• ébossions, obéissons

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?si?k??ts/
• Hyphenation: se?crets

Noun

secrets

1. plural of secret

Verb

secrets

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of secret
   • 1978, John F. Desmond, Still moment: essays on the art of Eudora Welty, Scarecrow Press, p. 90

     After examining it, he touches and stops the pendulum, takes away its key, poles the stick into the box and secrets it away as if it were a prize.

   • 1999, Constance Markey, Calvino: a journey toward postmodernism, University Press of Florida, p. 38

     But instead of surrendering the weapon to the needy Partisans as he originally promised, Pin secrets it away in a magical place in the forest [...]

Quotations

• For more quotations using this term, see Citations:secrets.

Related terms

• secretes

Anagrams

• Cresset, Secrest, cresset, resects

Catalan

Adjective

secrets

1. masculine plural of secret

Noun

secrets

1. plural of secret

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?.k??/

Noun

secrets m

1. plural of secret

Adjective

secrets

1. masculine plural of secret