compulsivenessn.
/kəmˈpʌlsɪvnɪs/ The fact or quality of being compulsive.
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eloquence1382
elocution1509
gravity?1520
pith?1531
vigour1532
emphasy1548
energy?1549
emphasisa1555
pithiness1557
abruptness1591
emphaticalness1647
nervousness1727
cogency1750
forcibility1771
cogence1782
verve1803
forcefulness1825
force1842
snap1870
full-bloodedness1894
punch1901
compulsiveness1918
punchiness1938
1918 C. G. Montefiore Liberal Judaism & Hellenism iii. 159 It is in this combination..that its seductive compulsiveness lies.
1947 Mind 56 304 That aspect of passivity, compulsiveness, or givenness which is rightly regarded as ineluctable in sensory cognition.
1962 Listener 6 Sept. 367/3 It would be silly to deny the unexpected compulsiveness of the programmes.
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