compulsion (noun)
1compulsion — ► NOUN 1) the action or state of compelling or being compelled. 2) an irresistible urge to behave in a certain way …
2compulsion — com·pul·sion /kəm pəl shən/ n 1: an act of compelling (as by threat or intimidation); specif: coercion a payment exacted by lawless compulsion E. A. Farnsworth and W. F. Young 2: the state of being compelled; specif …
3compulsion — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ strange ▪ inner … OF COMPULSION ▪ element (BrE) ▪ There is an element of compulsion in the new plan for the unemployed. V …
4compulsion — 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… …
5compulsion neurosis — noun : obsessive compulsive neurosis * * * compulsion neurosis noun A disorder in which the patient suffers from compulsions and/or obsessions, depression, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑compulsion * * * compulsion neurosis, = obsessional neurosis. (Cf.… …
6compulsion — early 15c., from M.Fr. compulsion, from L. compulsionem (nom. compulsio) a driving, urging, noun of action from pp. stem of compellere compel (see COMPEL (Cf. compel)). Psychological sense is from 1909 in A.A. Brill s translation of Freud s… …
7compulsion — noun 1) he is under no compulsion to go Syn: obligation, constraint, coercion, duress, pressure, intimidation 2) a compulsion to tell the truth Syn: urge, impulse, need, desire, drive; …
8compulsion — noun 1) he is under no compulsion to go Syn: obligation, pressure, coercion 2) a compulsion to tell the truth Syn: urge, impulse, need, desire, drive, obsession, fixation, addiction …
9compulsion — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French or Late Latin; Anglo French, from Late Latin compulsion , compulsio, from Latin compellere to compel Date: 15th century 1. a. an act of compelling ; the state of being compelled b. a force that… …
10compulsion — noun a) An irrational need to perform some action, often despite negative consequences. During the basketball game, I had a sudden compulsion to have a smoke. b) The use of authority, influence, or other power to force ( …