Defenition of the word compulsion

• Defenition of the word compulsion

  • The use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance.
  • using force to cause something: "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they didn`t have to use coercion"
  • an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid
  • an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions against your will
  • using force to cause something; "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they didn`t have to use coercion"
  • using force to cause something to occur
  • an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will

Synonyms for the word compulsion

• • coercion
  • irresistible impulse
  • obsession

Hyponyms for the word compulsion

• • constructive eviction
  • eviction
  • onomatomania

Hypernyms for the word compulsion

• • causation
  • causing
  • irrational impulse
  • irrational motive

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