Usually means: Inability to resist repetitive, unwanted behaviors.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. compulsivity: Merriam-Webster
  2. compulsivity: Collins English Dictionary
  3. compulsivity: Vocabulary.com
  4. compulsivity: Wordnik
  5. compulsivity: Wiktionary
  6. compulsivity: Dictionary.com
  7. compulsivity: Rhymezone
  8. compulsivity: FreeDictionary.org
  9. compulsivity: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. compulsivity: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. compulsivity: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

(Note: See compulsive as well.)

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▸ noun:  compulsion

Similar:
compulsion, compulsive streak, constraint, obsession, problem gambling, drinking problem, overaddiction, craze, overcommittal, hyperbulia, more...

Opposite:
inhibition, restraint, self-control

Types:
hoarding, checking, counting, washing, arranging, repeating, more...

Phrases:
Sexual Compulsivity Scale, more...

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Similar:
compulsion, compulsive streak, constraint, obsession, problem gambling, drinking problem, overaddiction, craze, overcommittal, hyperbulia, more...

Opposite:
inhibition, restraint, self-control

Types:
hoarding, checking, counting, washing, arranging, repeating, more...

Phrases:
Sexual Compulsivity Scale, more...



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