compulsion
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 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
Types & categories
- irrational impulse hypernym
Related & opposite
- compulsive derivation
Sense 2 noun
an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will
her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly
Types & categories
- irrational motive hypernym
- onomatomania hyponym
Related & opposite
- compulsive derivation
- compulsive derivation
- obsessive derivation
Sense 3 noun
using force to cause something to occur
though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | compulsive |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | irrational impulse |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | compulsive |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | compulsive |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | obsessive |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | irrational motive |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | onomatomania |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pressure |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | oblige |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | causing |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | eviction |