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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