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compulsion

/kəmˈpʌlʃən/

compulsionnoun

compulsions

/kəmˈpʌlʃən/

Translations

навязчивое желание

She has a compulsion to check her phone every few minutes.

У нее есть навязчивое желание проверять телефон каждые несколько минут.

He acted under compulsion and had no choice.

Он действовал под принуждением и не имел выбора.

Additional translations

непреодолимое влечение

принудительное воздействие

Definitions

An irresistible urge to behave in a certain way, especially against one's conscious wishes.

He felt a compulsion to check his phone every few minutes.

The action or state of forcing or being forced to do something; constraint.

The confession was obtained under compulsion.

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