Examples of 'compulsion' in a sentence

Meaning of "compulsion"

compulsion (noun) - a strong and irresistible urge to do something; a force or pressure that makes someone act in a certain way
Show more definitions
  • An irrational need or irresistible urge to perform some action, often despite negative consequences.
  • The use of authority, influence, or other power to force (compel) a person or persons to act.
  • The lawful use of violence (i.e. by the administration).

How to use "compulsion" in a sentence

Basic
Advanced
compulsion
I can reduce this compulsion for a while.
Compulsion to control the entire value chain.
There is no threat of compulsion associated with rotation.
Compulsion to stick my nose where it does not belong.
History is not compulsion unless one makes it so.
Compulsion switch status is available as status data.
We have a natural compulsion to fill empty spaces.
Compulsion over caution usually spells personal.
Children were under no compulsion to engage in paid employment.
Compulsion and coercion are antithetical to personal growth.
Maybe killing is a compulsion he can not resist.
Compulsion to buy the remnants of cultural signposts.
It was a though some mental compulsion was working on her.
Employing compulsion in this situation is completely unacceptable.
Rabies does not include a compulsion to spread contagion.

See also

Is a compulsion that overrides the risk of being caught.
Nowhere is there any compulsion to improve efficiency.
A compulsion to go into the mist overtook her.
There is no element of compulsion in family planning policies.
Compulsion means having an irresistible urge to do something.
The result of credit compulsion was rather paradoxical.
The compulsion usually focuses on a single item.
And part of it is the compulsion to attract men.
The compulsion for alcohol had returned.
The infected had a compulsion for light.
That compulsion has added up to a prolific career.
Another illustration of her compulsion to write is obvious in.
A compulsion can be a behavioral act or a mental ritual.
The strongest compulsion i have ever felt.
A compulsion is not merely a habit taken to extremes.
I had this strange compulsion to be honest on these.
Measures as a means of political and economic compulsion.
There is no compulsion and coercion in regard to religion.
Total number of unjustified uses of methods of compulsion.
His aggression and compulsion are expected to be high.
It took decades to train myself to resist compulsion.
A geas is a compulsion laid on someone to do or not do something.
You had not yet learned compulsion.
There is no compulsion in filling spaces in the tableau.
All we got to do is wipe away that compulsion.
There is no compulsion where the religion is concerned.
Her killer was acting out of monstrous compulsion.
Authors have compulsion to correct errors quickly.
There is no other way to explain this compulsion.
Eating by compulsion and removal by induced vomiting.
That could prove a very dangerous compulsion.
The only compulsion in our religion is desire.
It must have been impossible to resist the compulsion.
This kind of compulsion that i have to be rude.
You are strong enough to resist the compulsion.

Search by letter in the English dictionary