[
US
/kəmˈpəɫʃən/
]
[ UK /kəmpˈʌlʃən/ ]
[ UK /kəmpˈʌlʃən/ ]
NOUN
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using force to cause something to occur
they didn't have to use coercion
though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game -
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 -
an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will
her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly
How To Use compulsion In A Sentence
- Despite the lack of legal compulsion, many companies already ban smoking.
- Compulsions are obvious to an observer and can cause considerable shame and embarrassment.
- They can sometimes recognize that their obsessions and compulsions are unrealistic.
- Penman said she was in favour of increasing awareness of the importance of languages, but concerned about the removal of compulsion.
- The state's only function is as an apparatus of coercion and compulsion.
- Marziya knows with money you get sweets toys, but here she is aware that what she gives the Umbrella lady will not get her anything in return..but a sweet smile .. and this is the lesson I teach Marziya , giving charity without compulsion, I teach Marziya along with photography the meaning of humility... Archive 2009-08-01
- I did have the compulsion, though to aim the camera towards the side of the room where the beds were.
- I don't really have any weird compulsions, though.
- All this compulsion will achieve is to force people to actively abstain or face a fine.
- On active participation by the population in arts and sport: I' m in favour of experimentation but not compulsion.
