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compulsion - Dictionary definition and meaning for compulsion

COMPULSION

  • (noun) using force to cause something to occur

    "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game", "they didn't have to use coercion"

    synonyms : coercion

  • (noun) 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"

    synonyms : irresistible impulse

  • (noun) an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will

    "her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly"

    synonyms : obsession

    Her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly drove him nuts. -added by naila_inlas

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

Mnemonics for compulsion

  • (Tag: related to bikes) compulsion(come+pulsor) means strong desire so he had a strong desire to come on pulsor

    added by raghavat    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) our professor tells that no compulsion for tmrws lect ...that means he is not forcing to attend his lect

    added by sanghai45    editEdit Mnemonic

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