compulsion
noun/kəmˈpʌlʃn/
/kəmˈpʌlʃn/
- [uncountable, countable] (formal) strong pressure that makes somebody do something that they do not want to do
- compulsion (to do something) You are under no compulsion to pay immediately.
- compulsion (on somebody) to do something There are no compulsions on students to attend classes.
- The legal system is based on compulsion.
Extra Examples- There is an element of compulsion in the new plan for the unemployed.
- There is no compulsion to say anything.
- You are under no compulsion to disclose this information.
- You're under no compulsion to take part.
- Although there was no legal compulsion, the moral obligation to pay was strong.
- The use of compulsion in psychiatric care is a controversial issue.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- strange
- inner
- element
- feel
- have
- under compulsion
- there is no compulsion
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- [countable] compulsion (to do something) a strong desire to do something, especially something that is wrong, silly or dangerous synonym urge
- He felt a great compulsion to tell her everything.
- Obsessions and compulsions often develop in people who live stressful lives.
- She felt a great compulsion to drive too fast.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- strange
- inner
- element
- feel
- have
- under compulsion
- there is no compulsion
see also compel
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from late Latin compulsio(n-), from compellere ‘to drive, force’, from com- ‘together’ + pellere ‘drive’.
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