单词 | compulsion |
释义 | compulsionn. 1. a. The action, or an act, of compelling, or the condition of being compelled; constraint, obligation, coercion. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [noun] needeOE distressc1384 force1387 stressc1390 artingc1400 coactionc1400 constrainauncec1400 compulsion1462 enforcement1477 coercion1495 forcement1524 enforcing1531 strain1532 constraint1533 coercement1592 constrainment1593 duress1596 compulse1616 obligement1641 cogency1702 coercive control1827 steamrolling1879 compression1880 1462 King Edward IV in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. ii. 41 I. 130 We desyre nothinge of them by way of ymposition, compulcion..but all onely of theyr humanitie and good wills. 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 38 Preamble Made by compulcion, cohercion and emprisonement. 1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. vi. f. 16v Content to do it willingly with out ony compulsioun. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xv. 143 Wherfore was ther such compulsion us'd..about conforming to a Liturgie? 1775 S. Johnson Taxation No Tyranny in Wks. X. 123 What..is the difference between him that is taxed by compulsion without representation, and him that is represented by compulsion in order to be taxed? 1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) III. xii. 247 Such an oath could have been taken only under compulsion. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 136 If he likes he pays my price, but there is no compulsion. b. on compulsion. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > under compulsion [phrase] on compulsion1598 under task1671 under a force1681 with a pistol at (also to) one's head1892 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 240 Po. Come your reason, Iacke, your reason. Falst. What, vppon compulsion: Zoundes, and I were at the strappado, or all the rackes in the worlde, I would not tell you on compulsion . View more context for this quotation 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. i. 180 Por. Then must the Iew be mercifull. Shy. On what compulsion must I. View more context for this quotation 1859 T. Lewin Invasion Brit. 119 The tribute..would not be forthcoming except on compulsion. ΚΠ 1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness To Rdr. ¶17. p. xv Forcing one another to..profession of what they do not believe, by harsh Antichristian compulsions. 2. Psychology. An insistent impulse to behave in a certain way, contrary to one's conscious intentions or standards. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > compulsion neurosis > compulsion compulsion1913 the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > libido > obsession > [noun] > compulsion compulsion1913 1913 A. A. Brill tr. S. Freud Interpretation of Dreams v. 206 There is a class which has accentuated the childish impulse to a compulsion—they are the exhibitionists. 1937 A. Koestler Spanish Test. ii. vii. 314 Often before had attacks of such compulsions, hitherto always managed to fight them down. 1944 J. S. Huxley On Living in Revol. 194 How can the unconscious compulsions of very early life..be rendered as little harmful as possible? 1951 K. Horney Neurosis & Human Growth i. 38 The difference, then, between healthy strivings and neurotic drives for glory is one between spontaneity and compulsion. 1965 A. D. Weisman Existential Core of Psychoanal. vii. 205 In contrast to compulsion, choice is essential to responsible acts. Compounds compulsion neurosis n. [translating German zwangsneurose] Psychiatry a psychoneurotic disorder characterized by recurrent compulsions and compulsive ideas (cf. obsessional neurosis n. at obsessional adj. Compounds). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > compulsion neurosis compulsion neurosis1909 1909 A. A. Brill tr. S. Freud Sel. Papers on Hysteria iv. 77 From neurasthenia we sharply distinguished the compulsion neurosis (Zwangsneurose). 1938 R. G. Collingwood Princ. Art iv. 62 Freud..answers it by bringing the supposed facts of magic into relation with those of compulsion-neurosis as studied by himself in his own patients. compulsion-neurotic n. Psychiatry ΚΠ 1938 R. G. Collingwood Princ. Art iv. 63 Freud quotes a patient of his own, a compulsion-neurotic. 1963 New Yorker 29 June 27 He was most like a compulsion neurotic. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1462 |
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