compulsion

• اسم يدل على رغبة ملحّة أو دافع قهري للتصرف بطريقة معينة، أو على حالة من الإجبار والإلزام بفعل شيء ما.

A noun referring to an irresistible urge or impulse to behave in a certain way, or the state of being forced or obliged to do something.

1. Strong urgeB2formal

   An irresistible, often irrational, urge to do something.

   دافع قهري

   • He felt a sudden compulsion to check his phone.
   • She had a compulsion to clean the house every morning.
   • The compulsion to gamble ruined his finances.

   المرادفاتcravingdesiredriveimpulseitchlongingneedurgeyearningyen

2. B2formal

   The use of force or pressure to make someone do something.

   الإجبار

   • The confession was obtained under compulsion.
   • No one should be forced to work under compulsion.
   • The law prohibits compulsion in any form of agreement.

   المرادفاتcoercionconstraintduressforceobligationpressure

   الأضدادchoicefree willfreedomvolition