noun
- the state or condition of being possessed; the quality of being controlled or dominated by something (such as an emotion, idea, or supernatural force)
Usage: formal or literary; often used to describe intense emotional or psychological states
Examples
- Her possessedness with the project consumed all her waking hours.
- The artist's possessedness by creative passion was evident in every brushstroke.
- He spoke with a kind of possessedness that suggested he could think of nothing else.
- The possessedness of the crowd by fear led to a stampede.
- Her possessedness with the idea made her blind to other possibilities.