compulsion#1 (n)
irresistible impulse (n)

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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
Incoming links
Derivationally related form compulsive → compulsion
Hyponym irrational impulse

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