noun. undefined

noun. The act of compelling.

noun. The state of being compelled.

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noun. An irresistible impulse to act, regardless of the rationality of the motivation.

noun. An act or acts performed in response to such an impulse.

noun. The application (to a person) of superior force, physical or moral, overpowering or overruling his preferences; the force applied; constraint, physical or moral.

noun. The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force.

noun. An irrational need to perform some action, often despite negative consequences.

noun. The use of authority, influence, or other power to force (compel) a person or persons to act.

noun. The lawful use of violence (i.e. by the administration).

noun. an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will

noun. an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid

noun. using force to cause something to occur

"But that their realization requires compulsion, and _compulsion in the form of a dictatorship_, is ordinarily not comprehended."

cajolery  coaxing  

actual compulsion  legal compulsion  

compulsive  compulsory  

irrational impulse  

convulsion  emulsion  expulsion  propulsion  revulsion  

ache  attraction  aversion  coercion  constraint  

abstraction  abulia  alienation  amperage  anxiety