compulsion :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

coercion

n. using force to cause something; "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they didn`t have to use coercion"

irresistible impulse

n. an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid

obsession

n. an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions against your will

duress

n. compulsory force or threat; "confessed under duress"

persuasion

n. the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action

violence, force

n. an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists); "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one"

press, pressure, pressing

n. the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button"

motivation, motive, need

n. the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives"

complex

n. (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior

cacoethes, mania

n. an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action

preoccupation

n. an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention

life

n. a motive for living; "pottery was his life"

longing, yearning

n. prolonged unfulfilled desire or need

desire

n. the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state

appetite, appetency, appetence

n. a feeling of craving something; "an appetite for life"; "the object of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as possible"- Granville Hicks

lust, itch, lecherousness, lustfulness

n. a strong sexual desire

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