Compulsion is an English word with synonyms like obsession or coercion. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
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).
Synonyms of Compulsion
Using Compulsion
- The main meaning on this page is: 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).
- Useful related words include: irresistible impulse, irrational impulse, obsession, irrational motive.
- In the example corpus, compulsion often appears in combinations such as: compulsion to, the compulsion, of compulsion.
Context around Compulsion
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Compulsion
- In this selection, "compulsion" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, domestic, extreme, scandals, khattar, opens and games stand out and add context to how "compulsion" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a rising compulsion to unearth and and the compulsion to use. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "compulsion" sits close to words such as abject, accumulations and adi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with compulsion
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It’s their compulsion,” Khattar said. (6 words)
I felt just extreme compulsion to protect her,” she said. (10 words)
Karsus' Compulsion opens a portal to the Netherbrain's Psyche. (10 words)
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. (31 words)
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. (31 words)
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. (31 words)
What drives the Don’s compulsion to rape and kill? (10 words)
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.
Compulsion’s South of Midnight, a spooky game set in the bayou, got a sneak peek today.
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?
What's notable here will vary from subscriber to subscriber, but the game that's causing confusion is was made by Compulsion Games.
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.
Common combinations with compulsion
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- compulsion to 32×
- the compulsion 11×
- of compulsion 8×
- compulsion and 7×
- no compulsion 6×
- compulsion for 5×
- under compulsion 3×
- compulsion games 3×
- compulsion that 3×
- political compulsion 3×