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How to say: compulsion

Spelling: Compulsion Syllables  compulsion
US accent
/kəmpˈʌlʃən/
UK accent
/kəmpˈʌlʃən/
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Definition

Definition — an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid

e.g. “he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident”

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