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Meanings of compulsive behavior in English
Performing an act persistently and repetitively without it necessarily leading to an actual reward or pleasure.
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Examples for "compulsion"
Examples for "compulsion"
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The compulsion to try just-one-more-thing to fix a problem before going home.
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However, for obvious reasons, they felt no compulsion to share their secret.
3
There shouldn't be a technology-driven compulsion to work in a certain way.
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It just doesn't happen without serious derangement-orsome kind of magical compulsion.
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There was some pleasure in the power, and a certain compulsion too.
Usage of compulsive behavior in English
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Hoxb8 mutant mice show compulsive behavior similar to trichotillomania, a human obsessive-compulsive-spectrum disorder.
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The specific mechanisms underlying compulsive behavior in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are unknown.
3
Emmanuel watched the compulsive behavior for a moment, then moved deeper into the shed.
4
Glutamate concentration in ACC seems to be associated with the severity of compulsive behavior.
5
Could he be a serial killer with some sort of compulsive behavior pattern into which the killings fit?
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But as not everyone who drinks alcohol is an alcoholic, sex addiction is characterized by out of control compulsive behavior.
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Trump said Carson has a "pathological" temper, alluding to compulsive behavior similar to that of a child molester.
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Significant, domain-specific effects were further detected for anxiety sensitivity, emotional intelligence, obsessive compulsive behavior, and the big five personality traits.
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Over the years his compulsive behavior expanded to renting adult videos, visiting peep shows and strip bars, and calling 900 numbers.
10
The authors report a 34-year-old woman with a history of extensive cocaine abuse who developed choreodystonic dyskinesias and an obsessive- compulsive behavior disorder.
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The difference is in the thought process driving their actions and the increasingly negative consequences that do little to stem their compulsive behavior.
12
Even in the death grip of the biggest squid ever to be seen by a man, he was persisting with his compulsive behavior.
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When neurostat treatments for problems like compulsive behavior entered widespread use, a lot of people thought that "mind programming" was finally here.
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He had tried to explain the way he felt to Danny once, about compulsive behavior and time rushing too fast and the Internet and drugs.
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He may talk to himself in the mirror and adopt compulsive behaviors.
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Animal and human research indicates that these drugs often suppress spontaneous and social behaviors while promoting obsessive- compulsive behaviors.
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