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Compulsion meaning
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).
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Example sentences (20)
A dynamically growing body of believers making visible sacrifices for the good of their neighbors, on the other hand, may indeed shape the culture, mainly through attraction rather than compulsion.
At a conservative estimate by the locals, over 300 girls have travelled from here to work in metros, some under compulsion, many with consent.
A tip must also be made free from compulsion and should not be the subject of negotiations or dictated by employer policy.
Biden knew and possibly wanted to take advantage of Xi’s desperation for the meeting for his domestic compulsion.
But that skirts the point that none of the 145 countries holding dollar reserves are under any compulsion, least of all a terrorist threat, to hoard their reserves in American dollars.
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I felt just extreme compulsion to protect her,” she said.
It shows in the Tory party’s intellectual exhaustion, record of generating scandals, compulsion to scrap with one another and inability to present themselves attractively to the public.
It’s their compulsion,” Khattar said.
Karsus' Compulsion opens a portal to the Netherbrain's Psyche.
LGJs may suggest it’s possible to be a while resisting the compulsion to go above and beyond at work.
Like Darby, you'll experience a rising compulsion to unearth the truth, even as the show surrounds you with so many characters, each of whom has their own secrets to protect.
She adds some may feel a compulsion to spend, resulting in a period of deprivation when funds may have run out.
The subsequent seasons of are a very mixed bag that struggle from a compulsion to get ahead of the audience, but in the end it only results in needlessly complicated storytelling.
This government has the strength to take decisions in national interest and carries out reforms not out of compulsion but conviction.
What drives the Don’s compulsion to rape and kill?
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Amid "lesser of two evils" rhetoric, the PSL offers an alternative to America's egotistical compulsion for comfort, highlighting issues rooted at home.
An isolated law student wrestles with a compulsion toward self-harm and pain.
But, as Griffin explained, to her they are also a powerful metaphor for both self-sabotage and the compulsion to use.