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compulsion
Overview of noun compulsion
The noun compulsion has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (3) compulsion, irresistible impulse -- (an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid)
2. (1) compulsion, obsession -- (an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions against your will)
3. (1) compulsion, coercion -- (using force to cause something; "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they didn`t have to use coercion")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun compulsion
3 senses of compulsion
Sense 1
compulsion, irresistible impulse
=> irrational impulse
=> irrational motive
=> motivation, motive, need
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
compulsion, obsession
=> irrational motive
=> motivation, motive, need
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
compulsion, coercion
=> causing, causation
=> deed, feat, effort, exploit
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun compulsion
2 of 3 senses of compulsion
Sense 2
compulsion, obsession
=> onomatomania
Sense 3
compulsion, coercion
=> eviction, constructive eviction
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun compulsion
3 senses of compulsion
Sense 1
compulsion, irresistible impulse
=> irrational impulse
Sense 2
compulsion, obsession
=> irrational motive
Sense 3
compulsion, coercion
=> causing, causation
Antonyms of noun compulsion
Member Holonyms of noun compulsion
Substance Holonyms of noun compulsion
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Holonyms of noun compulsion
Attributes of noun compulsion
Derived Forms of noun compulsion
1 of 3 senses of compulsion
Sense 3
compulsion, coercion
RELATED TO>(verb) compel#1
=> compel, oblige, obligate
Domain of noun compulsion
Domain Terms of noun compulsion
Familiarity of noun compulsion
compulsion used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun compulsion
3 senses of compulsion
Sense 1
compulsion, irresistible impulse
> irrational impulse
=> compulsion, irresistible impulse
Sense 2
compulsion, obsession
> irrational motive
=> irrational impulse
=> mania, passion, cacoethes
=> compulsion, obsession
Sense 3
compulsion, coercion
> causing, causation
=> sending
=> trigger, induction, initiation
=> compulsion, coercion
=> influence
=> inducement, inducing
Meronyms of noun compulsion
3 senses of compulsion
Holonyms of noun compulsion
Grep of noun compulsion
compulsion
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