'Compulsion' definitions:
Definition of 'compulsion'
(from WordNet)
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" [syn: compulsion, irresistible impulse]
noun
An irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will; "her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly" [syn: compulsion, obsession]
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" [syn: compulsion, coercion]
Definition of 'Compulsion'
From: GCIDE
- Compulsion \Com*pul"sion\, n. [L. compulsio. See Compel.] 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. [1913 Webster]
- If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- With what compulsion and laborious flight We sunk thus low. --Milton.
- Syn: See Constraint. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'compulsion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstraction,
- abulia,
- alienation,
- amperage,
- anxiety,
- anxiety equivalent,
- anxiety state,
- apathy,
- armipotence,
- authority,
- beef,
- black power,
- brute force,
- catatonic stupor,
- charge,
- charisma,
- clout,
- coercion,
- cogence,
- cogency,
- complex,
- compulsoriness,
- constraint,
- dejection,
- depression,
- detachment,
- dint,
- drive,
- driving,
- driving force,
- duress,
- effect,
- effectiveness,
- effectuality,
- elation,
- emotionalism,
- energy,
- euphoria,
- exigency,
- fascination,
- fixation,
- fixed idea,
- flower power,
- folie du doute,
- force,
- force majeure,
- forcefulness,
- full blast,
- full force,
- hang-up,
- hypercathexis,
- hypochondria,
- hysteria,
- hysterics,
- idee fixe,
- impellent,
- impelling,
- impelling force,
- impetus,
- impulse,
- impulsion,
- incentive,
- incitement,
- indifference,
- influence,
- insensibility,
- irresistible force,
- irresistible impulse,
- lethargy,
- main force,
- main strength,
- mana,
- mandatedness,
- mandatoriness,
- mania,
- melancholia,
- mental distress,
- might,
- might and main,
- mightiness,
- moment,
- momentum,
- monomania,
- morbid drive,
- motive power,
- moxie,
- muscle power,
- necessariness,
- necessitation,
- necessitude,
- necessity,
- need,
- obligation,
- obligatoriness,
- obligement,
- obsession,
- obsessive compulsion,
- pathological indecisiveness,
- pinch,
- pizzazz,
- poop,
- possession,
- potence,
- potency,
- potentiality,
- power,
- power pack,
- power structure,
- power struggle,
- powerfulness,
- preoccupation,
- prepossession,
- prepotency,
- press,
- pressing,
- pressure,
- productiveness,
- productivity,
- propulsion,
- psychalgia,
- psychomotor disturbance,
- puissance,
- pull,
- punch,
- push,
- rash impulse,
- ruling passion,
- sinew,
- steam,
- strength,
- stress,
- strong arm,
- stupor,
- superiority,
- superpower,
- thrust,
- tic,
- twitching,
- unresponsiveness,
- urge,
- urgency,
- validity,
- vehemence,
- vigor,
- vim,
- violence,
- virility,
- virtue,
- virulence,
- vitality,
- wattage,
- weight,
- withdrawal