| NOUN | motive | compulsion, irresistible impulse | an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid |
|---|---|---|---|
| motive | compulsion, obsession | an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will | |
| act | compulsion, coercion | using force to cause something to occur |
| Sounds | kahmpah'lshahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | An urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident" | |
| Synonym | irresistible impulse | |
| Broader | irrational impulse | A strong spontaneous and irrational motivation |
| Spanish | compulsión | |
| Catalan | compulsió | |
| Adjectives | compulsive | caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion |
| Meaning | An irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly" | |
| Synonym | obsession | |
| Narrower | onomatomania | obsession with a particular word which the person uses repeatedly or which intrudes into consciousness |
| Broader | irrational motive | A motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic |
| Spanish | compulsión, obsesión | |
| Catalan | obsessió | |
| Adjectives | compulsive | caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion |
| Nouns | compulsive | a person with a compulsive / compulsive disposition |
| Meaning | Using force to cause something to occur. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game" | |
| Synonym | coercion | |
| Narrower | eviction, constructive eviction | action by a landlord that compels a tenant / tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy) |
| Broader | causing, causation | The act of causing something to happen / happen |
| Spanish | coacción, coerción | |
| Catalan | coacció, coerció | |
| Verbs | compel | force somebody to do something |
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