About The Word Compulsive

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Compulsive

Compulsive Meaning & Definition
Compulsive Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Compulsive?

[n] a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels compelled to do certain things
[adj] strongly motivated to succeed
[adj] caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion; "compulsive drinking"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Compulsive: ambitious | determined | driven | neurotic | psychoneurotic

Related Terms | Find terms related to Compulsive: accordant | anal | automatic | blind | bourgeois | coactive | coercive | compelling | compulsatory | compulsory | concordant | conditioned | conformist | constrained | constraining | conventional | corresponding | driving | forced | forceful | formalistic | gripping | harmonious | holding | impelling | imperative | imperious | impulsive | in accord | in keeping | in line | in step | instinctive | involuntary | irresistible | kosher | mechanical | obsessing | obsessional | obsessive | orthodox | overwhelming | pedantic | plastic | possessing | precisianistic | preoccupying | pressing | reflex | reflexive | restraining | square | straight | stuffy | traditionalist | unconscious | unintentional | unthinking | unwilled | unwilling | unwitting | uptight | urgent

See Also | exhibitionist | flasher | human | individual | mortal | perfectionist | person | somebody | someone | soul | workaholic

Compulsive In Webster's Dictionary

\Com*pul"sive\, a. Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion. Religion is . . . inconsistent with all compulsive motives. --Sharp.

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