Usually means: Irresistible impulse to perform act.
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  1. compulsion: Merriam-Webster
  2. compulsion: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. compulsion: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. compulsion: Collins English Dictionary
  5. compulsion: Vocabulary.com
  6. Compulsion, compulsion: Wordnik
  7. compulsion: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. compulsion: Wiktionary
  9. compulsion: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. compulsion: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. compulsion: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. compulsion: Dictionary.com
  13. compulsion: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. compulsion: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Compulsion (CSI episode), Compulsion (album), Compulsion (band), Compulsion (disambiguation), Compulsion (film), Compulsion (television film), Compulsion: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Compulsion: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. compulsion: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. compulsion: Rhymezone
  19. Compulsion: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. compulsion: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. compulsion: FreeDictionary.org
  22. compulsion: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. compulsion: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. compulsion: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. compulsion: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  5. Compulsion (disambiguation), compulsion: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Compulsion (disambiguation), compulsion: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. compulsion: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Reactive Attachment Disorder (No longer online)
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. compulsion: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  6. Terms in the field of Psychiatry and Neurology (No longer online)
  7. Compulsion (disambiguation), compulsion: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Compulsion: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (compulsion)

▸ noun:  An irrational need or irresistible urge to perform some action, often despite negative consequences.
▸ noun:  The use of authority, influence, or other power to force (compel) a person or persons to act.
▸ noun:  The lawful use of violence (i.e. by the administration).

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obsession, coercion, Irresistible impulse, compulsivity, constraint, compulsive streak, problem gambling, craze, urge, urgency, more...

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addiction, obsession, tendency, propensity, predisposition, inclination, predilection, more...

Phrases:
under compulsion, Repetition compulsion, sexual compulsion, compulsion (disambiguation), compulsion loop, more...

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inner, legal, external, such, physical, moral, strong, economic, social, irresistible, direct

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Similar:
obsession, coercion, Irresistible impulse, compulsivity, constraint, compulsive streak, problem gambling, craze, urge, urgency, more...

Types:
addiction, obsession, tendency, propensity, predisposition, inclination, predilection, more...

Phrases:
under compulsion, Repetition compulsion, sexual compulsion, compulsion (disambiguation), compulsion loop, Compulsion Games, compulsion to start fire, compulsion to start fires, without compulsion, more...

Adjectives:
inner, legal, external, such, physical, moral, strong, economic, social, irresistible, direct

Colors:
    crimson,     obsidian,     scarlet,     charcoal,     burgundy, more...



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