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/ɛnˈɡɹəʊsmənt/ · noun
(uncountable) The state of being engrossed; concentration or preoccupation..
I had been too profoundly disabused of life's dearest illusions ever again to allow of their sweet engrossment.
Use engrossment when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Engrossment means (uncountable) The state of being engrossed; concentration or preoccupation..
Common synonyms include absorption, preoccupation, concentration, preoccupancy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I had been too profoundly disabused of life's dearest illusions ever again to allow of their sweet engrossment.
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