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Definition of Compulsions
1. compulsion [n] - See also: compulsion
Lexicographical Neighbors of Compulsions
Literary usage of Compulsions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Divine Providence by Emanuel Swedenborg (2003)
"Our inner nature cannot be cleansed from compulsions to evil as long as the ...
[2] Now, since compulsions combine with their deviousness to make up the ..."
2. Value of Psychiatric Treatment: Its Efficacy in Severe Mental Disorders edited by Samuel J. Keith (1996)
"1984), the effect size for improvement in obsessions rated by an assessor was
found to be 2.42, compared to an effect size of 2.39 for compulsions, ..."
3. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1919)
"Impressments and compulsions are unchangeable elements which we can analyze but
never transform. They become parts of thought-processes and thus create ..."
4. The Negro Question by George Washington Cable (1898)
"Therefore, no compulsions. But the land is full of compulsions. ... Before we
buy or hire one ship, whether these compulsions are in South Carolina or ..."
5. Civilization in the United States: An Inquiry by Thirty Americans by Harold E. Stearns (1922)
"But such an atmosphere constitutes a paradise for the compulsion-neurotic because
he finds it easy to impose his compulsions upon the rest of society. ..."
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