under compulsion
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What about those who refuse to recant or hide their true beliefs under compulsion, choosing to suffer or die instead?
From Salon β Jun. 1, 2015
The authors didn’t envisage the risk that if employees were working under compulsion, they would be less likely to be engaged, let alone passionate, in its pursuit.
From Forbes β Oct. 14, 2014
The diary exudes confession under compulsion – of imminent death, the fear of retribution in the afterlife, perhaps – but there is nothing of genuine atonement in it.
From The Guardian β Jun. 13, 2014
Given the complexity of that feat, experts and American government officials have said that experienced aviators, possibly one or both of the pilots on the plane, were likely to be involved, willingly or under compulsion.
From New York Times β Mar. 16, 2014
But he cannot do otherwise; whatever activities actually are released under compulsion neurosis are carried along by a driving energy, such as is probably never met with in normal psychic life.
From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud
