preoccupation

noun2

1. •
   The state of being preoccupied or an idea that preoccupies the mind; enthrallment.

   • The same preoccupation with developing a conceptual framework is evident in David Blank's Venezuela: Politics in a Petroleum Republic, a modified version of Blank's early theses. — 1987
2. •
   The act of occupying something before someone else.