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Synonyms for compulsion
kəmˈpʌl ʃəncom·pul·sion
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
compulsion
Necessity is the quality of being necessary, or the quality of that which can not but be, become, or be true, or be accepted as true. Need and want always imply a lack; necessity may be used in this sense, but in the higher philosophical sense necessity simply denotes the exclusion of any alternative either in thought or fact; righteousness is a necessity (not a need) of the divine nature. Need suggests the possibility of supplying the deficiency which want expresses; to speak of a person's want of decision merely points out a weakness in his character; to say that he has need of decision implies that he can exercise or attain it. As applied to a deficiency, necessity is more imperative than need; a weary person is in need of rest; when rest becomes a necessity he has no choice but to stop work. An essential is something, as a quality, or element, that belongs to the essence of something else so as to be inseparable from it in its normal condition, or in any complete idea or statement of it. Compare NECESSARY; PREDESTINATION.
Synonyms:
destiny, emergency, essential, exigency, extremity, fatality, fate, indispensability, indispensableness, necessity, need, requirement, requisite, sine qua non, unavoidableness, urgency, wantAntonyms:
choice, contingency, doubt, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness, fortuity, freedom, option, possibility, uncertaintyPreposition:
The necessity of surrender; a necessity for action; this is a necessity to me.
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Princeton's WordNet
compulsion, irresistible impulsenoun
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"
Synonyms:
irresistible impulse, coercion, obsessioncompulsion, obsessionnoun
an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will
"her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly"
Synonyms:
irresistible impulse, fixation, coercion, obsessioncompulsion, coercionnoun
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"
Synonyms:
irresistible impulse, coercion, obsession
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
compulsionnoun
Synonyms:
coercion, constraint, application of force
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
compulsionnoun
Synonyms:
constraint, coercion, obligation, coactionAntonyms:
discretion, spontaneity, volition, election, free-will
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#7 | for | |
#183 | need | |
#254 | want | |
#333 | control | |
#1909 | emergency | |
#2131 | essential | |
#3100 | ce | |
#3277 | requirement | |
#7888 | fate | |
#9247 | destiny | |
#9308 | necessity | |
#9968 | constraint | |
#15035 | restraint | |
#15426 | obsession | |
#16157 | urgency | |
#16399 | requisite | |
#20635 | fixation | |
#28094 | coercion | |
#29276 | fatality | |
#30283 | extremity | |
#37633 | coercive | |
#37799 | compulsion | |
#53134 | duress | |
#99366 | coercing | |
#115959 | exigency | |
#265185 | indispensability |
How to use compulsion in a sentence?
China has set up a deadly demographic trap for itself, condemning itself to low or no growth for years to come, regardless of how many babies they can, using persuasion or compulsion, get young women to bear.
Lack of consent results from forcible compulsion or circumstances under which at the time of the act of intercourse, the complainant clearly expressed that she did not consent to engage in such act and a reasonable person in the defendant's situation would have understood the complainant's words and acts as an expression of lack of consent to such act under all the circumstances.
There shall be no compulsion in religion.
Man dwells between passion and compulsion
I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion.
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