nnoun.motivean urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaidSynset:irresistible impulse
Examples:- he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident
Derivationally Related Form:compulsive
Hypernyms:irrational impulse
Inherited Hypernyms:compulsionirrational impulseirrational motivemotivationpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.motivean irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your willSynset:obsession
Examples:- her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly
Derivationally Related Form:compulsiveobsessional
Hypernyms:irrational motive
Inherited Hypernyms:compulsionirrational motivemotivationpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:onomatomania
Full Hyponyms:onomatomania
nnoun.actusing force to cause something to occurSynset:coercion
Examples:- though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game
- they didn't have to use coercion
Derivationally Related Form:coercecompel
Hypernyms:causation causing
Inherited Hypernyms:compulsioncausingacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:constructive evictioneviction