Compulsion
31compulsion — Constraint; objective necessity; duress. Forcible inducement to the commission of an act. The act of compelling or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force. The… …
32compulsion — Constraint; objective necessity; duress. Forcible inducement to the commission of an act. The act of compelling or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force. The… …
33compulsion — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French or Late Latin; Anglo French, from Late Latin compulsion , compulsio, from Latin compellere to compel Date: 15th century 1. a. an act of compelling ; the state of being compelled b. a force that… …
34compulsion — /keuhm pul sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of compelling; constraint; coercion. 2. the state or condition of being compelled. 3. Psychol. a strong, usually irresistible impulse to perform an act, esp. one that is irrational or contrary to one s will.… …
35compulsion — noun a) An irrational need to perform some action, often despite negative consequences. During the basketball game, I had a sudden compulsion to have a smoke. b) The use of authority, influence, or other power to force ( …
36compulsion — An irresistible pressure to act in some way. The key philosophical and legal problem with this concept is to distinguish compulsion from pressures that are in fact not resisted but in some appropriate sense could have been. Hard determinism… …
37compulsion — Synonyms and related words: abstraction, abulia, alienation, amperage, anxiety, anxiety equivalent, anxiety state, apathy, armipotence, authority, beef, black power, brute force, catatonic stupor, charge, charisma, clout, coercion, cogence,… …
38compulsion — prievarta statusas T sritis švietimas apibrėžtis Auklėjimo metodas, kuriuo įveikiamas atkaklus priešinimasis vykdyti reikalavimus, režimo normas. Jis daugiausia naudojamas tada, kai auklėtiniai labai pažeidžia drausmę, pradeda nurodinėti… …
39compulsion — The application of physical or mental force to compel the performance or the omission of performance, of am act. The word is frequently used as synonymous with the word duress. Joannin v Ogilvie, 49 Minn 564, 52 NW 217. See coercion; commercial… …
40compulsion — n. 1 a constraint; an obligation. 2 Psychol. an irresistible urge to a form of behaviour, esp. against one s conscious wishes. Phrases and idioms: under compulsion because one is compelled. Etymology: ME f. F f. LL compulsio onis (as compel) …
