by+compulsion
41compulsión — ► sustantivo femenino 1 DERECHO Apremio por mandato de una autoridad que se hace a una persona para obligarla a que haga una cosa concreta. 2 coloquial Atracción, pasión violenta por algo o alguien. * * * compulsión 1 (form.) f. Acción de… …
42compulsion — (kon pul sion) s. f. 1° Terme didactique. Contrainte, ou force qui contraint. 2° Action de compulser. Minutieuse et longue compulsion. On m a fait payer un droit de compulsion. HISTORIQUE XIVe s. • Compulsions de payer la ditte ayde,… …
43compulsion — noun 1) he is under no compulsion to go Syn: obligation, constraint, coercion, duress, pressure, intimidation 2) a compulsion to tell the truth Syn: urge, impulse, need, desire, drive; …
44compulsion — noun 1) he is under no compulsion to go Syn: obligation, pressure, coercion 2) a compulsion to tell the truth Syn: urge, impulse, need, desire, drive, obsession, fixation, addiction …
45compulsion — Constraint; objective necessity; duress. Forcible inducement to the commission of an act. The act of compelling or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force. The… …
46compulsion — Constraint; objective necessity; duress. Forcible inducement to the commission of an act. The act of compelling or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force. The… …
47compulsion — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French or Late Latin; Anglo French, from Late Latin compulsion , compulsio, from Latin compellere to compel Date: 15th century 1. a. an act of compelling ; the state of being compelled b. a force that… …
48compulsion — /keuhm pul sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of compelling; constraint; coercion. 2. the state or condition of being compelled. 3. Psychol. a strong, usually irresistible impulse to perform an act, esp. one that is irrational or contrary to one s will.… …
49compulsion — noun a) An irrational need to perform some action, often despite negative consequences. During the basketball game, I had a sudden compulsion to have a smoke. b) The use of authority, influence, or other power to force ( …
50compulsion — An irresistible pressure to act in some way. The key philosophical and legal problem with this concept is to distinguish compulsion from pressures that are in fact not resisted but in some appropriate sense could have been. Hard determinism… …
