Meaning of COMPULSIVE
| Pronunciation: | | kum'pulsiv
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- [n] a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels compelled to do certain things
- [adj] strongly motivated to succeed
- [adj] caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion; "compulsive drinking"
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| | Synonyms: | | ambitious, determined, driven, neurotic, psychoneurotic |
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| | See Also: | | exhibitionist, flasher, human, individual, mortal, perfectionist, person, somebody, someone, soul, workaholic | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Com*pul"sive\, a.
Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
Religion is . . . inconsistent with all compulsive
motives. --Sharp.
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| | Related Terms: | | accordant, anal, automatic, blind, bourgeois, coactive, coercive, compelling, compulsatory, compulsory, concordant, conditioned, conformist, constrained, constraining, conventional, corresponding, driving, forced, forceful, formalistic, gripping, harmonious, holding, impelling, imperative, imperious, impulsive, in accord, in keeping, in line, in step, instinctive, involuntary, irresistible, kosher, mechanical, obsessing, obsessional, obsessive, orthodox, overwhelming, pedantic, plastic, possessing, precisianistic, preoccupying, pressing, reflex, reflexive, restraining, square, straight, stuffy, traditionalist, unconscious, unintentional, unthinking, unwilled, unwilling, unwitting, uptight, urgent |
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