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Significados de compulsion em inglês

português
coerção
catalão
coerció

The use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance.

coerção
português
obsessão
catalão
obsessió
espanhol
obsesión

An irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will.

obsessão
Sinônimos
Examples for "constraint"
Examples for "constraint"
1
Reporting remains subject to heavy legal constraint, thus key information remains obscured.
The Irish Times
2
The IMF has cited the power shortage as a serious economic constraint.
Reuters
3
The Rococo is violent in chains, insolent in constraint, drunken in sobriety.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
4
Some of the Directors were put under constraint; others supported the conspiracy.
The French Revolution: A Short History
5
She placed a strong constraint on herself; she spoke in friendly tones.
Jezebel's Daughter
1
This level of support does not mean that coercion is not used.
The Irish Times
2
Mr Ahn was charged with abuse of authority, coercion and attempted coercion.
Radio NZ
3
Bellis knew that Johannes would have gone even without the Lovers' coercion.
The Scar
4
Some had demanded increased wages, while only a few required physical coercion.
Sisterhood of Dune
5
Well, it's okay if you want to say all taxes are coercion.
The new yorker

An urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid.

Uso de compulsion em inglês
1
The compulsion to try just-one-more-thing to fix a problem before going home.
Essential system administration, 3rd edition
2
However, for obvious reasons, they felt no compulsion to share their secret.
Halo Cryptum
3
There shouldn't be a technology-driven compulsion to work in a certain way.
The Guardian
4
It just doesn't happen without serious derangement-orsome kind of magical compulsion.
Spells
5
There was some pleasure in the power, and a certain compulsion too.
The darkest road
6
But now he saw that with the power came a deep compulsion.
The Wyrmling Horde
7
He told Morning Report that the compulsion recommendation was on the table.
Radio NZ
8
Loneliness is a passive compulsion; to binge, I need only do nothing.
The Guardian
9
Pinball machines create an unstoppable compulsion!-italso miscategorizes what addiction really is.
Wired
10
There is absolutely no compulsion, by anyone, of anyone, at any time.
Jem
11
Such a compulsion in past times would have been called a geas.
Halo Cryptum
12
The creative impulse was everywhere replacing fear and compulsion in human motives.
What is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War
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So said the books, but he still felt a compulsion and prying.
Servant of a dark god
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Within a week, dozens more had been overcome by the same compulsion.
The Guardian
15
I felt the compulsion begin even before I returned to the city.
The Sky Is Falling
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They then refused to pay under compulsion; and a complete deadlock ensued.
The Father of British Canada: a Chronicle of Carleton
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Translations for compulsion
espanhol
obsesión
Compulsion ao longo do tempo
Compulsion nas variantes da língua
Reino Unido
Comum
Irlanda
Comum
Estados Unidos da América
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