n09181330
type | n |
lex_filenum | 16 |
def | an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid |
examples | he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident |
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Hypernym | irrational impulse |
Derivationally related form | compulsion → compulsive |
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Derivationally related form | compulsive → compulsion |
Hyponym | irrational impulse |
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