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compulsiveness

🇬🇧 UK/kəm'pʌlsɪvnɪs/🇺🇸 US
C2

Definitions

n.

The quality of acting in an obsessive or uncontrollable way

强迫性;无法自控的特质

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
comtogether, with
+
pulspush, drive
+
ivetending to, having the nature of
+
nessstate, quality
=compulsiveness

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The patient's compulsiveness was evident in their need to repeat actions multiple times.

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