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compulsion
  1. An irrational need or irresistible urge to perform some action, often despite negative consequences.
  2. The use of authority, influence, or other power to force (compel) a person or persons to act.
  3. The lawful use of violence (i.e. by the administration).
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  5. Examples:
    1. “Here, Ross explores David's compulsion to overwork and the way his humiliating loss of earnings and status impacts on the family.”
      “Others who might admire these actions but not feel a moral compulsion to perform them.”
      “In this case, he is not forced by compulsion to express his consent or to do anything.”
compulsoriness
  1. The state or quality of being compulsory.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The compulsoriness of wearing a seatbelt ensures the safety of all passengers in the car.”
      “If there be one compelling test of compulsoriness, it seems clearly to be that of the logical relationship of all claims in any given litigation.”
      “We reiterate the compulsoriness of using sleep sacks in all huts, without exception.”
compulsory
  1. Something that is compulsory or required.
compulsiveness
  1. the state of being compulsive
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “His long-term personality pattern shows features of compulsiveness and marked investment in self-regulation.”
      “But he began applying the same quiet compulsiveness that he had channelled into the Dave Archives to the larger riddle of the bombing.”
      “This is a spiky, nervy book of poems, dramatic, and self-dramatising too, with some of the driven compulsiveness associated with Sylvia Plath.”
compulsive
  1. One who exhibits compulsive behaviours.
compulsivity
compulsivities
  1. plural of compulsivity
compulsions
  1. plural of compulsion
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Assessments were made using the BDI, and clinician rated obsessions and compulsions for each individual patient.”
      “That quirk also gave him repetition compulsions and an obsession about praying.”
      “One person may be plagued by private rituals or compulsions or repetitive thoughts of which no one else is aware.”
compulsives
  1. plural of compulsive
compulsories
  1. plural of compulsory
  2. Examples:
    1. “Delobel and Schoenfelder failed to win the free dance, but they had built a big lead in the compulsories and the original dance.”
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