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compulsion

noun

1 compulsion

An urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid:
— He felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident.

synonym: irresistible impulse.

Roget 601: involuntariness; instinct, blind impulse; inborn proclivity, innate proclivity; native tendency, natural tendency; natural impulse, predetermination.    necessity, necessitation; obligation; compulsion etc. ... show more

2 compulsion

An irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will:
— Her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly.

synonym: obsession.

Dutch: drang, dwang

3 compulsion

Using force to cause something to occur:
— Though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game.

synonym: coercion.

Roget 744: compulsion, coercion, coaction, constraint, duress, enforcement, press, conscription.    force; brute force, main force, physical force; the sword, ultima ratio [Lat.]; ... show more

Dutch: drukmiddel, dwangmiddel, pressiemiddel
Polish: wydalenie


Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.

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