Compulsive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having the capacity to compel: a frightening, compulsive novel.
  • adj. Psychology Caused or conditioned by compulsion or obsession.
  • n. A person with behavior patterns governed by a compulsion.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. uncontrolled or reactive and unconscious
  • adj. Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
  • n. One who exhibits compulsive behaviours.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Exercising compulsion; tending to compel; compulsory.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. strongly motivated to succeed
  • adj. caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion
  • n. a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels compelled to do certain things
    • Equivalent
    ambitious    psychoneurotic    neurotic   
    Form
    compulsiveness   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    convulsive    impulsive    repulsive   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    obsessive    sadistic    deviant    pathological    psychotic   
     
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