1. (noun)compulsion, irresistible impulse an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid Synonyms: irresistible impulse, coercion, obsession, compulsion
2. (noun)compulsion, obsession an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will Synonyms: irresistible impulse, fixation, coercion, obsession, compulsion
3. (noun)compulsion, coercion using force to cause something to occur Synonyms: irresistible impulse, coercion, obsession, compulsion
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'compulsion'
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1. 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 Synonyms: necessity, compulsion, fatality, requisite, destiny, fate, sine qua non, emergency, indispensability, unavoidableness, essential, indispensableness, urgency, exigency, need, want, extremity, requirement Antonyms: choice, doubt, dubiousness, freedom, possibility, contingency, doubtfulness, fortuity, option, uncertainty
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