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Noun: engrossment  en'grows-munt
  1. Complete attention; intense mental effort
    - concentration, absorption, immersion
     
  2. The mental state of being preoccupied by something
    - preoccupation, preoccupancy, absorption
     
  3. The quality of being intent and concentrated
    "the engrossment of his gaze";
    - intentness

Derived forms: engrossments

Type of: assiduity, assiduousness, attention, cognitive state, concentration, state of mind

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