Synonyms:
preoccupation
Meaning: an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention
Synonyms:
preoccupation, preoccupancy, absorption, engrossment
Meaning: the mental state of being preoccupied by something
Usage examples
Even my preoccupation about the Time Machine receded a little from my mind.
Then with a start he returned to his previous preoccupation about the flying stages.
"Are we going to land, uncle Phaeton?" queried Bruno, taking note of that preoccupation, which might easily prove dangerous under existing circumstances.
His preoccupation must indeed have been very profound for him not to insist on this alarming rescue through the sewer, and for him not to even notice Jean Valjean's silence after his question.
Owen was still in the same state of moody abstraction as when Darrow had left him at the piano; and even Anna's face, to her friend's vigilant eye, revealed not, perhaps, a personal preoccupation, but a vague sense of impending disturbance.