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单词 compulsion
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compulsionn.

/kəmˈpʌlʃən/
Forms: Also Middle English–1500s -cion, 1500s -syon, -sioun.
Etymology: < French compulsion (14th cent. in Littré), < Latin compulsiōn-em , noun of action < compellĕre , compuls- to compel v.
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.
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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.
c. rarely with plural. Obsolete.
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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).
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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
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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).
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