compulsive adj

1 caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion; "compulsive drinking"

2 strongly motivated to succeed [syn: determined, driven] n : a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels compelled to do certain things

English

Adjective

1. with an uncontrolled need to do things, obsessive

Translations

• Dutch: dwangmatig, dwangmatige
• Finnish: pakonomainen, pakottava
• Spanish: Compulsivo

Italian

Adjective

compulsive

1. Feminine plural form of compulsivo

Compulsion can refer to, among other things:

• Compulsion (book), a 1956 novel, by American author Meyer Levin, about the Leopold and Loeb case.
• Compulsion (novel), a 2001 novel, by British author Shaun Hutson
• Compulsion (film), a 1959 film based on Levin's book.
• Compulsive behavior, a psychological condition
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, a mental disorder
• Compulsion (band), a punk group active in the mid-'90s
• Compulsory education
• Compulsory voting
• Compulsion, a 1989 song originally written and recorded by Joe Crow and released as a single by Martin Gore on his Counterfeit e.p. album in 1989.

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