compulsion (redirected from compulsions)

com·pul·sion  (km-plshn)

n.

1.

a. The act of compelling.

b. The state of being compelled.

2.

a. An irresistible impulse to act, regardless of the rationality of the motivation: "The compulsion to protect the powerful from the discomfort of public disclosure feeds further abuse and neglect" (Boston Globe).

b. An act or acts performed in response to such an impulse.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin compulsi, compulsin-, from Latin compulsus, past participle of compellere, to compel; see compel.]

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compulsion [kəmˈpʌlʃən]

n

1. the act of compelling or the state of being compelled

2. something that compels

3. (Psychiatry) Psychiatry an inner drive that causes a person to perform actions, often of a trivial and repetitive nature, against his or her will See also obsession

[from Old French, from Latin compellere to compel]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	compulsion - an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid; "he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident" irresistible impulse irrational impulse - a strong spontaneous and irrational motivation; "his first impulse was to denounce them"; "the urge to find out got him into trouble"
	2.	compulsion - an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will; "her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly" obsession irrational motive - a motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic onomatomania - obsession with a particular word which the person uses repeatedly or which intrudes into consciousness
	3.	compulsion - using force to cause something to occur; "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they didn't have to use coercion" coercion causation, causing - the act of causing something to happen constructive eviction, eviction - action by a landlord that compels a tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy); no physical expulsion or legal process is involved

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compulsion

noun

1. urge, need, obsession, necessity, preoccupation, drive He felt a compulsion to talk about his ex-wife all the time.

2. force, pressure, obligation, constraint, urgency, coercion, duress, demand Students learn more when they are in classes out of choice rather than compulsion.

Translations

compulsion [kəmˈpʌlʃən] N

1. (= urge) → compulsión f

2. (= force) under compulsion → a la fuerza, bajo coacción
you are under no compulsion → no tienes ninguna obligación

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compulsion [kəmˈpʌlʃ^ən] n

(= force) → contrainte f, force f
under compulsion → sous la contrainte

(= strong desire) → besoin m
to feel a compulsion to do sth → avoir la manie de faire qch

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compulsion

n → Zwang m, → Druck m; (Psych) → innerer Zwang; under compulsion → unter Druck or Zwang; you are under no compulsion → Sie sind nicht gezwungen, niemand zwingt Sie

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compulsion [kəmˈpʌlʃ/ən] n

a. → costrizione f, pressione f
under compulsion → sotto costrizione, dietro or sotto pressione
he is under no compulsion (to do it) → nessuno lo costringe (a farlo)

b. → desiderio incontrollabile

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compulsion

n compulsion [kəmˈpalʃən]

compelling or being compelled You are under no compulsion to go. dwang, verpligting; kompulsie إكْراه، إجْبار، ضَغْط عَلى принуда nátlak tvang der Zwang υποχρέωση obligación sund(us) اجبار؛ فشار pakko contrainte כְּפִיָה @@@כְּפִייָה$$$ विवशता prisila, prinuda kényszer paksaan nauðung, þvingun costrizione 強制 강제 prievarta piespiešana paksaan dwang tvang przymus obrigação constrângere принуждение nátlak pritisk prinuda tvång การบังคับ zorlama, baskı (被)強迫 примус, змушування مجبوری ، زبر دستی sự ép buộc 强迫

adj comˈpulsory

which must be done or carried out Is it compulsory for me to attend the class?; a compulsory examination. gedwonge, verpligtend إجْباري задължителен povinný tvungen; obligatorisk Zwangs... υποχρεωτικός obligatorio kohustuslik اجباری pakollinen obligatoire חוֹבָה अनिवार्य prinudan, prisilan kötelező wajib skyldu- obbligatorio 義務的な 필수적인 privalomas piespiedu-; obligāts wajib verplicht obligatorisk, tvangs-, tvungen przymusowy obrigatório obli­ga­toriu обязательный povinný obvezen obavezan obligatorisk ที่จำเป็นต้องทำ zorunlu 強制的，義務的 примусовий, обов'язковий لازمی ضروری bắt buộc 强迫的

adv comˈpulsorily

gedwonge, verpligtend بِصورَةٍ إجْبارِيَّه задължително povinně tvungent; obligatoriskt zwingend υποχρεωτικά obligatoriamente sunniviisil بطور اجباری väkipakolla obligatoirement בְּאוֹפֶן מְחָייֵב अनिवार्य रूप से prinudan, prisilan kötelezően secara wajib nauðsynlega obbligatoriamente いやおうなしに 의무적으로 būtinai, priverstinai piespiedu-; obligāti dengan wajib verplicht obligatorisk, tvungent przymusowo obrigatoriamente (în mod) obligatoriu обязательно povinne obvezno prinudno obligatoriskt อย่างจำเป็นต้อง zorunlu olarak 強制地 примусово, обов'язково لادمی طور پر buộc lòng 强迫地