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Compulsion
compulsion
(compulsions) 1. A compulsion is a strong desire to do something, which you find difficult to control. He felt a sudden compulsion to drop the bucket and run... = urge N-COUNT: oft N to-inf 2. If someone uses compulsion in order to get you to do something, they force you to do it, for example by threatening to punish you if you do not do it. Many universities argued that students learned more when they were in classes out of choice rather than compulsion... = coercion N-UNCOUNT
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noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French or Late Latin; Anglo-French, from Late Latin ~-, compulsio, from Latin compellere to compel Date: 15th century 1. a. an act of compelling ; the state of being compelled b. a force that compels 2. an irresistible persistent impulse to perform an act (as excessive hand washing); also the act itself ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a constraint; an obligation. 2 Psychol. an irresistible urge to a form of behaviour, esp. against one's conscious wishes. Phrases and idioms under compulsion because one is compelled. Etymology: ME f. F f. LL compulsio -onis (as compel) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. принуждение to act under compulsion —- действовать по принуждению 2. психол. непреодолимое влечение; мания compulsion neurosis —- мед. навязчивое состояние, навязчивый невроз to act under compulsion —- быть не в состоянии бороться с собой ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ n 1 a strong and unreasonable desire that is difficult to control (Constantly washing her hands became a compulsion that needed treatment. | compulsion to do sth) (I had a sudden compulsion to hit her.) 2 a force or influence that makes someone do something (compulsion to do sth) (Please note that you are under no compulsion to sign the agreement.) (- see also compel) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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