Definition of compulsion in English:

compulsion

noun kəmˈpʌlʃ(ə)nkəmˈpəlʃən

1mass noun The action or state of forcing or being forced to do something; constraint.
the payment was made under compulsion
Example sentencesExamples
- If at all they had called her, it had been under compulsion from either the film directors or the producers.
- Some predict that, at that point, the government will be forced to introduce an element of compulsion.
- On the one hand, if it can be established that money is paid over by duress or compulsion, it is recoverable.
- The property is not seized, but has to be handed over under compulsion, with refusal generally constituting contempt.
- An alternative is for the government to bring in some sort of compulsion for workers and/or employers to pay into a pension scheme.
- But whether you are going to do it by compulsion of circumstances or by conviction has to be decided.
- We were pretty much promised there would be no compulsion and we would not be forced to save.
- All this compulsion will achieve is to force people to actively abstain or face a fine.
- Only a few do not compromise their principles under any compulsion.
- Voting should be simple, especially in a country that uses compulsion to make people attend polling places.
- There are two plausible reasons why voter turnout is down, neither of which would be ‘cured’ by compulsion.
- The government has moved away from compulsion towards economic incentives for couples who have only one child and fines for those who have more.
- Unless individuals of all ages save now without compulsion, even the minimum income guarantee may not be available when the time comes.
- Penman said she was in favour of increasing awareness of the importance of languages, but concerned about the removal of compulsion.
- Parliament has since amended the law, in the light of that judgment, to make evidence obtained under compulsion inadmissible.
- A number of unions are also in favour of employer compulsion.
- He is prepared to contemplate compulsion in pension saving.
- The state's only function is as an apparatus of coercion and compulsion.
- If a person has acted under compulsion he is not considered an apostate, his wife is not divorced and his lands are not forfeited.
- Despite the lack of legal compulsion, many companies already ban smoking.
Synonyms
obligation, constraint, force, coercion, duress, pressure, pressurization, enforcement, oppression, intimidation
French force majeure
2An irresistible urge to behave in a certain way.
he felt a compulsion to babble on about what had happened
Example sentencesExamples
- One person may be plagued by private rituals or compulsions or repetitive thoughts of which no one else is aware.
- This consists of recurring obsessions or compulsions.
- The value of the SSRIs to treat the obsessions and compulsions associated with TS remains to be resolved.
- Behavioral therapy can be used to lessen unwanted compulsions.
- So the melodramatic passions, the obsessions and the compulsions, seemed to arrive by ambush, like a sucker punch.
- We left the cinema with three irresistible compulsions.
- In addition, obsessions and compulsions related to food are common.
- Assessments were made using the BDI, and clinician rated obsessions and compulsions for each individual patient.
- It seems to me that toward the end of things, I develop this compulsion to become more thorough.
- Other times, compulsions might seem less clearly related to the obsessive thought.
- That quirk also gave him repetition compulsions and an obsession about praying.
- I'm thinking, too, of the person whose weird little compulsions drive him and his relations almost mad with frustration.
- Rachel's obsessive compulsions are the symptoms of a depressed woman struggling to gain some control over herself and her world.
- He has obsessive thoughts but no compulsions, though he would do anything for the ring.
- One thing that may intensify this focus is the vast resources on the Internet available to feed or fuel other addictions or compulsions.
- Here, Ross explores David's compulsion to overwork and the way his humiliating loss of earnings and status impacts on the family.
- I don't really have any weird compulsions, though.
- They can sometimes recognize that their obsessions and compulsions are unrealistic.
- They understood your compulsions and thought that if nothing else they can at least cry on your shoulder.
- Our real problem is not that we have addictions or compulsions.
Synonyms
urge, impulse, need, necessity, desire, longing, motivation, drive
obsession, fixation, addiction
temptation, pull
US informal jones

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin compulsio(n-), from compellere 'to drive, force' (see compel).

Rhymes

avulsion, convulsion, emulsion, expulsion, impulsion, propulsion, repulsion, revulsion

Definition of compulsion in US English:

compulsion

nounkəmˈpəlʃənkəmˈpəlSHən

1The action or state of forcing or being forced to do something; constraint.
the payment was made under compulsion
Example sentencesExamples
- He is prepared to contemplate compulsion in pension saving.
- All this compulsion will achieve is to force people to actively abstain or face a fine.
- Only a few do not compromise their principles under any compulsion.
- If at all they had called her, it had been under compulsion from either the film directors or the producers.
- There are two plausible reasons why voter turnout is down, neither of which would be ‘cured’ by compulsion.
- But whether you are going to do it by compulsion of circumstances or by conviction has to be decided.
- Penman said she was in favour of increasing awareness of the importance of languages, but concerned about the removal of compulsion.
- Parliament has since amended the law, in the light of that judgment, to make evidence obtained under compulsion inadmissible.
- An alternative is for the government to bring in some sort of compulsion for workers and/or employers to pay into a pension scheme.
- The property is not seized, but has to be handed over under compulsion, with refusal generally constituting contempt.
- On the one hand, if it can be established that money is paid over by duress or compulsion, it is recoverable.
- Some predict that, at that point, the government will be forced to introduce an element of compulsion.
- A number of unions are also in favour of employer compulsion.
- Despite the lack of legal compulsion, many companies already ban smoking.
- Unless individuals of all ages save now without compulsion, even the minimum income guarantee may not be available when the time comes.
- If a person has acted under compulsion he is not considered an apostate, his wife is not divorced and his lands are not forfeited.
- The government has moved away from compulsion towards economic incentives for couples who have only one child and fines for those who have more.
- The state's only function is as an apparatus of coercion and compulsion.
- Voting should be simple, especially in a country that uses compulsion to make people attend polling places.
- We were pretty much promised there would be no compulsion and we would not be forced to save.
Synonyms
obligation, constraint, force, coercion, duress, pressure, pressurization, enforcement, oppression, intimidation
2An irresistible urge to behave in a certain way, especially against one's conscious wishes.
he felt a compulsion to babble on about what had happened
Example sentencesExamples
- It seems to me that toward the end of things, I develop this compulsion to become more thorough.
- That quirk also gave him repetition compulsions and an obsession about praying.
- In addition, obsessions and compulsions related to food are common.
- I'm thinking, too, of the person whose weird little compulsions drive him and his relations almost mad with frustration.
- They understood your compulsions and thought that if nothing else they can at least cry on your shoulder.
- They can sometimes recognize that their obsessions and compulsions are unrealistic.
- The value of the SSRIs to treat the obsessions and compulsions associated with TS remains to be resolved.
- Behavioral therapy can be used to lessen unwanted compulsions.
- One thing that may intensify this focus is the vast resources on the Internet available to feed or fuel other addictions or compulsions.
- I don't really have any weird compulsions, though.
- Assessments were made using the BDI, and clinician rated obsessions and compulsions for each individual patient.
- So the melodramatic passions, the obsessions and the compulsions, seemed to arrive by ambush, like a sucker punch.
- Our real problem is not that we have addictions or compulsions.
- Here, Ross explores David's compulsion to overwork and the way his humiliating loss of earnings and status impacts on the family.
- He has obsessive thoughts but no compulsions, though he would do anything for the ring.
- Other times, compulsions might seem less clearly related to the obsessive thought.
- One person may be plagued by private rituals or compulsions or repetitive thoughts of which no one else is aware.
- We left the cinema with three irresistible compulsions.
- This consists of recurring obsessions or compulsions.
- Rachel's obsessive compulsions are the symptoms of a depressed woman struggling to gain some control over herself and her world.
Synonyms
urge, impulse, need, necessity, desire, longing, motivation, drive

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin compulsio(n-), from compellere ‘to drive, force’ (see compel).

单词	compulsion
释义	Definition of compulsion in English: compulsion noun kəmˈpʌlʃ(ə)nkəmˈpəlʃən 1mass noun The action or state of forcing or being forced to do something; constraint. the payment was made under compulsion Example sentencesExamples If at all they had called her, it had been under compulsion from either the film directors or the producers. Some predict that, at that point, the government will be forced to introduce an element of compulsion. On the one hand, if it can be established that money is paid over by duress or compulsion, it is recoverable. The property is not seized, but has to be handed over under compulsion, with refusal generally constituting contempt. An alternative is for the government to bring in some sort of compulsion for workers and/or employers to pay into a pension scheme. But whether you are going to do it by compulsion of circumstances or by conviction has to be decided. We were pretty much promised there would be no compulsion and we would not be forced to save. All this compulsion will achieve is to force people to actively abstain or face a fine. Only a few do not compromise their principles under any compulsion. Voting should be simple, especially in a country that uses compulsion to make people attend polling places. There are two plausible reasons why voter turnout is down, neither of which would be ‘cured’ by compulsion. The government has moved away from compulsion towards economic incentives for couples who have only one child and fines for those who have more. Unless individuals of all ages save now without compulsion, even the minimum income guarantee may not be available when the time comes. Penman said she was in favour of increasing awareness of the importance of languages, but concerned about the removal of compulsion. Parliament has since amended the law, in the light of that judgment, to make evidence obtained under compulsion inadmissible. A number of unions are also in favour of employer compulsion. He is prepared to contemplate compulsion in pension saving. The state's only function is as an apparatus of coercion and compulsion. If a person has acted under compulsion he is not considered an apostate, his wife is not divorced and his lands are not forfeited. Despite the lack of legal compulsion, many companies already ban smoking. Synonyms obligation, constraint, force, coercion, duress, pressure, pressurization, enforcement, oppression, intimidation French force majeure 2An irresistible urge to behave in a certain way. he felt a compulsion to babble on about what had happened Example sentencesExamples One person may be plagued by private rituals or compulsions or repetitive thoughts of which no one else is aware. This consists of recurring obsessions or compulsions. The value of the SSRIs to treat the obsessions and compulsions associated with TS remains to be resolved. Behavioral therapy can be used to lessen unwanted compulsions. So the melodramatic passions, the obsessions and the compulsions, seemed to arrive by ambush, like a sucker punch. We left the cinema with three irresistible compulsions. In addition, obsessions and compulsions related to food are common. Assessments were made using the BDI, and clinician rated obsessions and compulsions for each individual patient. It seems to me that toward the end of things, I develop this compulsion to become more thorough. Other times, compulsions might seem less clearly related to the obsessive thought. That quirk also gave him repetition compulsions and an obsession about praying. I'm thinking, too, of the person whose weird little compulsions drive him and his relations almost mad with frustration. Rachel's obsessive compulsions are the symptoms of a depressed woman struggling to gain some control over herself and her world. He has obsessive thoughts but no compulsions, though he would do anything for the ring. One thing that may intensify this focus is the vast resources on the Internet available to feed or fuel other addictions or compulsions. Here, Ross explores David's compulsion to overwork and the way his humiliating loss of earnings and status impacts on the family. I don't really have any weird compulsions, though. They can sometimes recognize that their obsessions and compulsions are unrealistic. They understood your compulsions and thought that if nothing else they can at least cry on your shoulder. Our real problem is not that we have addictions or compulsions. Synonyms urge, impulse, need, necessity, desire, longing, motivation, drive obsession, fixation, addiction temptation, pull US informal jones Origin Late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin compulsio(n-), from compellere 'to drive, force' (see compel). Rhymes avulsion, convulsion, emulsion, expulsion, impulsion, propulsion, repulsion, revulsion Definition of compulsion in US English: compulsion nounkəmˈpəlʃənkəmˈpəlSHən 1The action or state of forcing or being forced to do something; constraint. the payment was made under compulsion Example sentencesExamples He is prepared to contemplate compulsion in pension saving. All this compulsion will achieve is to force people to actively abstain or face a fine. Only a few do not compromise their principles under any compulsion. If at all they had called her, it had been under compulsion from either the film directors or the producers. There are two plausible reasons why voter turnout is down, neither of which would be ‘cured’ by compulsion. But whether you are going to do it by compulsion of circumstances or by conviction has to be decided. Penman said she was in favour of increasing awareness of the importance of languages, but concerned about the removal of compulsion. Parliament has since amended the law, in the light of that judgment, to make evidence obtained under compulsion inadmissible. An alternative is for the government to bring in some sort of compulsion for workers and/or employers to pay into a pension scheme. The property is not seized, but has to be handed over under compulsion, with refusal generally constituting contempt. On the one hand, if it can be established that money is paid over by duress or compulsion, it is recoverable. Some predict that, at that point, the government will be forced to introduce an element of compulsion. A number of unions are also in favour of employer compulsion. Despite the lack of legal compulsion, many companies already ban smoking. Unless individuals of all ages save now without compulsion, even the minimum income guarantee may not be available when the time comes. If a person has acted under compulsion he is not considered an apostate, his wife is not divorced and his lands are not forfeited. The government has moved away from compulsion towards economic incentives for couples who have only one child and fines for those who have more. The state's only function is as an apparatus of coercion and compulsion. Voting should be simple, especially in a country that uses compulsion to make people attend polling places. We were pretty much promised there would be no compulsion and we would not be forced to save. Synonyms obligation, constraint, force, coercion, duress, pressure, pressurization, enforcement, oppression, intimidation 2An irresistible urge to behave in a certain way, especially against one's conscious wishes. he felt a compulsion to babble on about what had happened Example sentencesExamples It seems to me that toward the end of things, I develop this compulsion to become more thorough. That quirk also gave him repetition compulsions and an obsession about praying. In addition, obsessions and compulsions related to food are common. I'm thinking, too, of the person whose weird little compulsions drive him and his relations almost mad with frustration. They understood your compulsions and thought that if nothing else they can at least cry on your shoulder. They can sometimes recognize that their obsessions and compulsions are unrealistic. The value of the SSRIs to treat the obsessions and compulsions associated with TS remains to be resolved. Behavioral therapy can be used to lessen unwanted compulsions. One thing that may intensify this focus is the vast resources on the Internet available to feed or fuel other addictions or compulsions. I don't really have any weird compulsions, though. Assessments were made using the BDI, and clinician rated obsessions and compulsions for each individual patient. So the melodramatic passions, the obsessions and the compulsions, seemed to arrive by ambush, like a sucker punch. Our real problem is not that we have addictions or compulsions. Here, Ross explores David's compulsion to overwork and the way his humiliating loss of earnings and status impacts on the family. He has obsessive thoughts but no compulsions, though he would do anything for the ring. Other times, compulsions might seem less clearly related to the obsessive thought. One person may be plagued by private rituals or compulsions or repetitive thoughts of which no one else is aware. We left the cinema with three irresistible compulsions. This consists of recurring obsessions or compulsions. Rachel's obsessive compulsions are the symptoms of a depressed woman struggling to gain some control over herself and her world. Synonyms urge, impulse, need, necessity, desire, longing, motivation, drive Origin Late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin compulsio(n-), from compellere ‘to drive, force’ (see compel).
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