compulsion

Noun
  1. An urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid (synset 109204227)
    "he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident"
    is a type of: irrational impulse - a strong spontaneous and irrational motivation
    same as: irresistible impulse
  2. An irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will (synset 109206152)
    "her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly"
    is a type of: irrational motive - a motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic
    subtypes: onomatomania - obsession with a particular word which the person uses repeatedly or which intrudes into consciousness
    same as: obsession
  3. Using force to cause something to occur (synset 100157632)
    "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they didn't have to use coercion"
    is a type of: causation, causing - the act of causing something to happen
    subtypes: constructive eviction, eviction - action by a landlord that compels a tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy); no physical expulsion or legal process is involved
    same as: coercion

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