compulsión
11compulsion — [n] drive, obligation coercion, constraint, demand, drive, driving, duress, duty, engrossment, exigency, force, hang up, have on the brain*, monkey*, necessity, need, obsession, preoccupation, prepossession, pressure, tiger by the tail*, urge,… …
12compulsión — (Del lat. compulsĭo, ōnis). 1. f. Inclinación, pasión vehemente y contumaz por algo o alguien. 2. Der. Apremio que se hace a una persona por parte de un juez o de una autoridad, compeliéndola a realizar algo o a soportar una decisión o una… …
13compulsion — ► NOUN 1) the action or state of compelling or being compelled. 2) an irresistible urge to behave in a certain way …
14compulsion — [kəm pul′shən] n. [ME & LL compulsio < L compulsus, pp. of compellere: see COMPEL] 1. a compelling or being compelled; coercion; constraint 2. that which compels; driving force 3. Psychol. an irresistible, repeated, irrational impulse to… …
15compulsion — n. 1) to feel a compulsion 2) (a) moral compulsion 3) a compulsion to + inf. (he felt no compulsion to do it) 4) under compulsion (to give in under compulsion) * * * [kəm pʌlʃ(ə)n] (a) moral compulsion to feel a compulsion a compulsion to + inf.… …
16compulsion — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ strange ▪ inner … OF COMPULSION ▪ element (BrE) ▪ There is an element of compulsion in the new plan for the unemployed. V …
17Compulsion — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Compulsion >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 compulsion compulsion coercion coaction constraint duress enforcement press conscription GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 force force Sgm: N 2 brute force …
18compulsion — com|pul|sion [kəmˈpʌlʃən] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Late Latin compulsio, from Latin compellere; COMPEL] 1.) a strong and unreasonable desire to do something →↑compel ▪ The desire to laugh became a compulsion. compulsion to do sth …
19compulsion — [[t]kəmpʌ̱lʃ(ə)n[/t]] compulsions 1) N COUNT: oft N to inf A compulsion is a strong desire to do something, which you find difficult to control. He felt a sudden compulsion to drop the bucket and run... It s a compulsion to write, more than… …
20compulsion — noun 1 (C) a strong and unreasonable desire that is difficult to control: Constantly washing her hands became a compulsion that needed treatment. | compulsion to do sth: I had a sudden compulsion to hit her. 2 (singular, uncountable) a force or… …
