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compulsiveness|kəmˈpʌlsɪvnɪs| [f. compulsive a. + -ness.] The fact or quality of being compulsive.
1918C. Montefiore Liberal Judaism iii. 159 It is in this combination..that its seductive compulsiveness lies. 1947Mind LVI. 304 That aspect of passivity, compulsiveness, or givenness which is rightly regarded as ineluctable in sensory cognition. 1962Listener 6 Sept. 367/3 It would be silly to deny the unexpected compulsiveness of the programmes. |