Compulsion

/kəmˈpʌl.ʃən/

Synonyms for "compulsion" (210 found)

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Closest matches (42)

Preposition(1 words)
by force
Verb(1 words)
coerce into agreement
Adjective(2 words)
coercive enforcementcoercive enforcements
Adverb(1 words)
coercively pressure students

Strong matches (63)

Noun(13 words)
drivedurancedutyeating urgeenforcingforce into signingforce relatedforcingforcingsimpulseimpulsesimpulsionirresistible impulse
Verb(1 words)
forcing reading
Adjective(2 words)
habitual pattern of behaviorinstinctive urge

Related words (105)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

10 entries
behaviorbehavioral tendencycausationcausingexternal forceinfluenceirrational impulseirrational motivepsychological phenomenonpsychological response

More specific

8 entries
checkingcompulsive actcompulsive behaviorcountinghand washinglegal obligationmoral obligationpeer pressure

Collocations

6 entries
external compulsioninternal compulsionlegal compulsionmoral compulsionstrong compulsionunder compulsion

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

In truth, a man who renders everyone their due because he fears the gallows, acts under the sway and compulsion of others, and cannot be called just. But a man who does the same from a knowledge of the true reason for laws and their necessity, acts from a firm purpose and of his own accord, and is therefore properly called just.

Source: tatoeba (410270)

The hardness of God is kinder than the softness of men, and His compulsion is our liberation.

Source: tatoeba (733843)

He could not control his compulsion to kill.

Source: tatoeba (3886853)

He was not sure he could fight the compulsion to run.

Source: tatoeba (11578246)

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