Synonymer

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Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. An irrational need to perform some action, often despite negative consequences.
  2. The use of authority, influence, or other power to force (compel) a person or persons to act.
  3. The lawful use of violence (i.e. by the administration).

Exempel

  • It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […].
  • During the basketball game, I had a sudden compulsion to have a smoke.

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