Definition of compulsions Compulsions
/kʌmpʊˈlʃʌnz/ - [kumpulshunz] -
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What does compulsions mean?
Wiktionary 
- compulsions (Noun)
Plural of compulsion.
Part of speech
🔤- compulsions, noun, plural of compulsion.
WordNet
NounPlural: compulsions |
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| compulsion - an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will; "her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly" | ||
| obsession | ||
| irrational motive a motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic | ||
| compulsion - 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" | ||
| coercion | ||
| causation, causing the act of causing something to happen | ||
| compulsion - 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" | ||
| irresistible impulse | ||
| irrational impulse a strong spontaneous and irrational motivation; "his first impulse was to denounce them"; "the urge to find out got him into trouble" | ||
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Wiktionary
- compulsion (Noun)
An irrational need to perform some action, often despite negative consequences. - compulsion (Noun)
The use of authority, influence, or other power to force compel a person or persons to act. - compulsion (Noun)
The lawful use of violence i. e. by the administration.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- compulsion (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.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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compulsion
The use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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compulsion
Is a constraint upon the will whereby an officer is urged to that which his judgment disapproves, and which, it is to be presumed, his will (if left to itself) would reject. As punishments are, therefore, only inflicted for the abuse of that free will which God has given to man, it is highly just and equitable that an officer should be excused for those acts which are done through unavoidable force and compulsion.
Part of speech
🔤- compulsion, noun, singular of compulsions.
