Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with compulsion in American Collocation
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.