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Compulsion

Compulsion Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Compulsion? [n] using force to cause something; "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they didn`t have to use coercion" [n] an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid [n] an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions against your will Synonyms \| Synonyms for Compulsion: coercion \| irresistible impulse \| obsession Related Terms \| Find terms related to Compulsion: abstraction \| abulia \| alienation \| amperage \| anxiety \| anxiety equivalent \| anxiety state \| apathy \| armipotence \| authority \| beef \| black power \| brute force \| catatonic stupor \| charge \| charisma \| clout \| coercion \| cogence \| cogency \| complex \| compulsoriness \| constraint \| dejection \| depression \| detachment \| dint \| drive \| driving \| driving force \| duress \| effect \| effectiveness \| effectuality \| elation \| emotionalism \| energy \| euphoria \| exigency \| fascination \| fixation \| fixed idea \| flower power \| folie du doute \| force \| force majeure \| forcefulness \| full blast \| full force \| hang-up \| hypercathexis \| hypochondria \| hysteria \| hysterics \| idee fixe \| impellent \| impelling \| impelling force \| impetus \| impulse \| impulsion \| incentive \| incitement \| indifference \| influence \| insensibility \| irresistible force \| irresistible impulse \| lethargy \| main force \| main strength \| mana \| mandatedness \| mandatoriness \| mania \| melancholia \| mental distress \| might \| might and main \| mightiness \| moment \| momentum \| monomania \| morbid drive \| motive power \| moxie \| muscle power \| necessariness \| necessitation \| necessitude \| necessity \| need \| obligation \| obligatoriness \| obligement \| obsession \| obsessive compulsion \| pathological indecisiveness \| pinch \| pizzazz \| poop \| possession \| potence \| potency \| potentiality \| power \| power pack \| power structure \| power struggle \| powerfulness \| preoccupation \| prepossession \| prepotency \| press \| pressing \| pressure \| productiveness \| productivity \| propulsion \| psychalgia \| psychomotor disturbance \| puissance \| pull \| punch \| push \| rash impulse \| ruling passion \| sinew \| steam \| strength \| stress \| strong arm \| stupor \| superiority \| superpower \| thrust \| tic \| twitching \| unresponsiveness \| urge \| urgency \| validity \| vehemence \| vigor \| vim \| violence \| virility \| virtue \| virulence \| vitality \| wattage \| weight \| withdrawal See Also \| causation \| causing \| constructive eviction \| eviction \| irrational impulse \| irrational motive \| onomatomania Compulsion In Webster's Dictionary \Com*pul"sion\, n. [L. compulsio. See {Compel}.] The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force. If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion. --Shak. With what compulsion and laborious flight We sunk thus low. --Milton. Syn: See {Constraint}.

Compulsion Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Compulsion?

[n] using force to cause something; "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they didn`t have to use coercion"
[n] an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid
[n] an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions against your will

Synonyms | Synonyms for Compulsion: coercion | irresistible impulse | obsession

Compulsion In Webster's Dictionary

\Com*pul"sion\, n. [L. compulsio. See {Compel}.]
The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the
act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral
constraint; subjection to force.

      If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would
      give no man a reason upon compulsion.    --Shak.

      With what compulsion and laborious flight We sunk thus
      low.                                     --Milton.

Syn: See {Constraint}.

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