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单词 compulsion
释义 com·pul·sion
\kəmˈpəlshən\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English compulsioun, from Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French compulsion, from Late Latin compulsion-, compulsio, from Latin compulsus (past participle of compellere to compel) + -ion-, -io -ion — more at compel
1.
 a. : an act of compelling : a driving by force, power, pressure, or necessity
  < I do not assert that rational reform can wholly dispense with physical compulsion — J.A.Hobson >
  < by compulsion of the swirling currents — Mark Twain >
  < acting under compulsion, not on his own free will >
 b. : a force or agency that compels
  < it is a shapeless book and it lacks the compulsion of the best narrative — John Buchan >
 c. : a condition marked by compelling, by forced action or assent
  < peonage is service to a private master at which a man is kept by bodily compulsion against his will — O.W.Holmes †1935 >
2. : an irresistible impulse to perform an irrational act the performance of which tends to disturb a neurotic doer but not a psychotic — compare obsession
Synonyms: see force
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