English-Italian translations for compulsion

• compulsione
  C’è solo un punto che voglio mettere in evidenza: si tratta della grande malattia europea della “agenzite”, la compulsione alla creazione di sempre nuove agenzie. There is just one issue I want to highlight and that is the great European disease of ‘agencyolism’ – the compulsion to keep on creating new agencies.
• costrizione
  Non si può operare un simile cambiamento per costrizione. This cannot be done by compulsion.
  Dietro la prostituzione vi è sempre costrizione, dipendenza e sfruttamento. Behind prostitution, there is always compulsion, dependency and exploitation.
  Il limite deve tuttavia ritenersi ipso facto superato non appena entrano in gioco forme di costrizione o di violenza. However, the boundary has definitely been crossed if there is violence or any kind of compulsion.

Definition of compulsion

• An irrational need or irresistible urge to perform some action, often despite negative consequences
• The use of authority, influence, or other power to force a person or persons to act
• The lawful use of violence (i.e. by the administration

Examples

• During the basketball game, I had a sudden compulsion to have a smoke

Related words

• compulsive
• compulsiveness
• compulsively
• obsessive-compulsive disorder
• obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
• compulsive behaviour
• compulsive hoarder
• compulsive gambler
• compulsive marriage