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Common collocations with compulsion in American Collocation

compulsion noun

US /kəmˈpʌlʃ(ə)n/

strong

irresistible
overwhelming
strong

I felt an overwhelming compulsion to open the envelope.

that you do not understand

strange

The film is nothing special, but you get a strange compulsion to stay with it to the end.

personal

inner

I’ve had an inner compulsion to paint since I was fifteen.

feel a compulsion

feel
get
have

I felt a strong compulsion to laugh.

resist a compulsion

overcome
resist

Try to resist the compulsion to finish everything on your plate.

amount

degree
element

It is important that there is some degree of compulsion on managers to succeed.

feeling

sense

You may feel a strong sense of compulsion to fall asleep.