COMPULSION
\kəmpˈʌlʃən], \kəmpˈʌlʃən], \k_ə_m_p_ˈʌ_l_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of COMPULSION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions against your will
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an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid
By Princeton University
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an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions against your will
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an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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In psychology, a sudden overpowering impulse to the commission of some act against the person's will.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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The act of driving or urging by some kind of force; constraint of will or action; the state of being compelled.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Latin] Act of compelling; —state of being compelled; constraint; coercion.
