- preoccupation, preoccupancy, absorption, engrossment - the mental state of being preoccupied by something
--1 is a kind of cognitive state, state of mind
--1 has particulars: abstractedness, abstraction; absentmindednessDerived form: verb preoccupy1 - preoccupancy, preoccupation - the act of taking occupancy before someone else does
--2 is a kind of occupation, occupancy, taking possession, moving in