Reference meaning
compulsion
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an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid
Related source terms
irresistible impulse
Other meanings
2. noun
an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will
3. noun
using force to cause something to occur
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