compulsion
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Two of the most fascinating historical characters we meet in “Outcast” are drawn to minister to those with leprosy out of religious compulsion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
None of these people is real, but the irritations they represent – NIMBYism, narcissism and the compulsion to destroy others to build ourselves up – are quite familiar.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
But now, he is trying a 12-session course of private therapy to try to curb this compulsion, which he believes is driven by loneliness.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
For that reason, Iran’s officers may feel no compulsion to kowtow to Beijing.
From Slate ● May 7, 2026
I had the strangest compulsion to open his cage and let him out.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
Like Maddie, she can easily cloak compulsions under the blanket of modern body positivity.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
But his chronicle of that heist expands into a saga of psychological suspense spanning nearly two decades and following half a dozen characters whose lives are twisted into grotesque shapes by their addictive compulsions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
Sinead Quinn, from Londonderry, said binge eating compulsions had made her "a prisoner in her own home, afraid of food and afraid of herself".
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2025
He indulges in his compulsions to escape from his own discomfort, and consistently blames his actions on his current love interest.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2025
Eventually, though, I realized these inclinations, these compulsions, were as much a part of the body as its eye color or its voice.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
Vocabulary lists containing compulsion
"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl
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1984
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"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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