COMPULSION | • compulsion n. An irrational need or irresistible urge to perform some action, often despite negative consequences. • compulsion n. The use of authority, influence, or other power to force (compel) a person or persons to act. • compulsion n. The lawful use of violence (i.e. by the administration). |
COMPULSIONIST | • COMPULSIONIST n. a believer in compulsion. |
COMPULSIONISTS | • COMPULSIONIST n. a believer in compulsion. |
COMPULSIONS | • compulsions n. Plural of compulsion. • COMPULSION n. an act of compelling. |
EXPULSION | • expulsion n. The act of expelling or the state of being expelled. • EXPULSION n. the act of expelling or state of being expelled. |
EXPULSIONS | • expulsions n. Plural of expulsion. • EXPULSION n. the act of expelling or state of being expelled. |
IMPULSION | • impulsion n. The act of impelling or driving onward, or the state of being impelled; the sudden or momentary agency… • impulsion n. Influence acting unexpectedly or temporarily on the mind; sudden motive or influence; impulse. • IMPULSION n. the act of impelling or driving onward. |
IMPULSIONS | • impulsions n. Plural of impulsion. • IMPULSION n. the act of impelling or driving onward. |
PROPULSION | • propulsion n. The action of driving or pushing, typically forward or onward; a propulsive force or impulse. • PROPULSION n. the act of propelling. |
PROPULSIONS | • propulsions n. Plural of propulsion. • PROPULSION n. the act of propelling. |
PULSION | • pulsion n. (Now rare) The act of driving forward; propulsion. • pulsion n. (Psychoanalysis) A subconscious drive or impulse. • PULSION n. the act of driving forward; propulsion. |
PULSIONS | • pulsions n. Plural of pulsion. • PULSION n. the act of driving forward; propulsion. |
REPULSION | • repulsion n. The act of repelling or the condition of being repelled. • repulsion n. An extreme dislike of something, or hostility to something. • repulsion n. (Physics) The repulsive force acting between bodies of the same electric charge or magnetic polarity. |
REPULSIONS | • repulsions n. Plural of repulsion. • REPULSION n. the act of repulsing, or the state of being repulsed. |
RETROPULSION | • retropulsion n. (Medicine) A tendency to step or walk backwards involuntarily, especially as a symptom of parkinsonism. • retropulsion n. (Medicine) The pushing or forcing of something to move backwards or inwards. • retropulsion n. (Medicine, obsolete) Transfer of a disease from an external source to an internal organ. |
RETROPULSIONS | • retropulsions n. Plural of retropulsion. • RETROPULSION n. pushing backwards. |