Antedating of "Obsessive"

[Fred Shapiro]

obsessive (OED3 1898)

1897 _Amer. Jrnl. Psychology_ VIII. 243 (JSTOR)  Fear is pathic,
obsessive, so concrete that it is no wonder it was long held to be a
morbid entity.

Fred Shapiro


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