compulsion

[US]/kəmˈpʌlʃn/
[UK]/kəmˈpʌlʃn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. forceful pressure or a sense of urgency, an irresistible impulse, a demand

Phrases & Collocations

by compulsion

Example Sentences

Drinking is a compulsion with him.

an irresistible compulsion to eat

the payment was made under compulsion .

he felt a compulsion to babble on about what had happened.

Compulsion will never result in convincing them.

Slaves work by compulsion, not by choice.

There is an element of compulsion in the new scheme for the unemployed.

He felt an inner compulsion to write.

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