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compulsion
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural compulsions
plural compulsions
Learner's definition of COMPULSION
1
[count] : a very strong desire to do something强烈的欲望；冲动 — often followed by to + verb常接动词不定式
- I gave in to one of my compulsions and ordered the chocolate dessert.我抑制不住强烈的欲望，还是点了巧克力甜点。
- He felt a compulsion to say something.他有想说点什么的冲动。
2
[noncount]
a : the act of using force or pressure to make someone do something强迫；强制
- We should be able to get them to cooperate without using compulsion.我们应该可以不使用强制手段就让他们合作。
- legal compulsion法律强制力
b : the state of being forced to do something被迫的状态
- He was acting under compulsion. [=he was being forced to act]他当时那样做是被迫的。
- Their children read only under compulsion. [=only when they are forced]他们的孩子们只有被逼着才肯读书。
- We are under no compulsion to decide immediately. [=we are not required to decide immediately]没有人逼我们马上做决定。
compulsion
noun
com·pul·sion kəm-ˈpəl-shən 
Synonyms
Example Sentences
I gave in to one of my compulsions and ordered the chocolate dessert. We should be able to get them to cooperate without using compulsion.
Recent Examples on the Web These small experiments and joint projects were a reprieve from the notion that art must convey big social messages; in Indonesia, Darmawan said, earlier generations of artists felt cursed by that compulsion. 
New York Times, 9 June 2022 Carell stars as a therapist who's held captive by a serial killer played by Domhnall Gleeson, who wants help to be cured of his compulsion to murder. Brendan Morrow, The Week, 5 Aug. 2022 But the defining quality of Alex Jones was a willingness — more than that, a compulsion — to lend credibility to conspiratorial nonsense. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 30 July 2022 Their interactions with one another are ruled most of all by their compulsion to assess and compare. Lynn Steger Strong, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2022 The key is to use encouragement, consultation and support, rather than compulsion. Robert Sher, Forbes, 21 June 2022 But even these glitches evince Price’s compulsion to risk all manner of painterly tropes. Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022 That meant a social support system which could have played a part in helping keep an exercise compulsion in check likely disappeared or dissipated. Kate Willsky, SELF, 14 May 2022 The second season makes more use of Einbinder’s physical awkwardness and makes more sense of the repetition compulsion that forces Ava to stay with Deborah. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2022 See More
New York Times, 9 June 2022 Carell stars as a therapist who's held captive by a serial killer played by Domhnall Gleeson, who wants help to be cured of his compulsion to murder. Brendan Morrow, The Week, 5 Aug. 2022 But the defining quality of Alex Jones was a willingness — more than that, a compulsion — to lend credibility to conspiratorial nonsense. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 30 July 2022 Their interactions with one another are ruled most of all by their compulsion to assess and compare. Lynn Steger Strong, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2022 The key is to use encouragement, consultation and support, rather than compulsion. Robert Sher, Forbes, 21 June 2022 But even these glitches evince Price’s compulsion to risk all manner of painterly tropes. Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022 That meant a social support system which could have played a part in helping keep an exercise compulsion in check likely disappeared or dissipated. Kate Willsky, SELF, 14 May 2022 The second season makes more use of Einbinder’s physical awkwardness and makes more sense of the repetition compulsion that forces Ava to stay with Deborah. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English compulsion, compulsioun "coercion," borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French compulsion, borrowed from Latin compulsiōn-, compulsiō, derivative, with the suffix of verbal action -tiōn-, -tiō, of compellere "to drive together, force to go, force (to a view, course of action)" (with -s- from past participle compulsus); (sense 2) translation of German Zwang — more at compel
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Time Traveler
The first known use of compulsion was in the 15th century Phrases Containing compulsion
noun
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