Let's say you have a secret. You've promised not to tell, but there's something forcing you to call a friend and spill the beans. This force is compulsion, that urge to do something even though you know you shouldn't.
The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force.
Noun
using force to cause something; "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they didn`t have to use coercion"
Noun
an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid
Noun
an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions against your will
n.
The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled;
the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral
constraint; subjection to force.
Compulsion
If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.
With what complusion and laborious flight We sunk thus low.
The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force.
Usage Examples
The compulsion to do good is an innate American trait. Only North Americans seem to believe that they always should, may, and actually can choose somebody with whom to share their blessings. Ultimately this attitude leads to bombing people into the acceptance of gifts.
My compulsion to always be working has become less strong and my current business is purely down to this enormous alimony. If I wasn't doing this I'd be making documentaries about wildlife and other subjects that interest me.
Food compulsion isn't a character disorder it's a chemical disorder.
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Other Usage ExamplesCapital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under compulsion from society.
Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
Prayer is commission. Out of the quietness with God, power is generated that turns the spiritual machinery of the world. When you pray, you begin to feel the sense of being sent, that the divine compulsion is upon you.
We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to give those people living in the next century or so some idea of what we are like.
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