Compulsive

Definition: Compulsive

Compulsive

Adjective

1. Caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion; "compulsive drinking".

2. Strongly motivated to succeed.

Noun

1. A person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels compelled to do certain things.

Date "compulsive" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Domain	Definition
Medicine	Done under the stress of compulsion. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Compulsive

Synonyms: determined (adj), driven (adj). (additional references)

Crosswords: Compulsive

English words defined with "compulsive": compulsively ♦ Enforcive, exhibitionist ♦ fixation, flasher ♦ haunted ♦ obsessed, obsession, obsessionally, obsessively, organisation, organization ♦ preoccupied ♦ system ♦ taken up ♦ workaholic. (references)

Specialty definitions using "compulsive": Compulsive Behavior ♦ drug habit, drug habituation ♦ Fiber-Glass/Cotton-Candy Hair ♦ obsessional neurosis ♦ webhead. (references)

Domain

Usage

Screenplays

How can you diagnose someone with an obsessive compulsive disorder, then act like I have some choice about barging in here? (As Good As It Gets; writing credit: Mark Andrus)

Doctor how can you diagnose someone with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and then act like I had some choice about barging in here right now? (As Good As It Gets; writing credit: Mark Andrus, James L. Brooks)

You're very compulsive. (Habit; writing credit: Larry Fessenden)

When you argue, I have this compulsive need to argue back. (Law & Order; writing credit: Peter Yeldham)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Breaking Free from Compulsive Eating (reference) In the Shadows of the Net: Breaking Free of Compulsive Online Sexual Behavior (reference) The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing: The Experience and Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Connection : Council On Compulsive Gambling Of New Jersey (reference) (more periodical examples)
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Treatment is necessary to end this compulsive behavior. (references)
		Those addicted to drugs suffer from a compulsive drug craving and usage and cannot quit by themselves. (references)
		The loss of functional use of the hands is followed by compulsive hand movements such as wringing and washing. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Dennis Miller	In the Catholic priest sex scandal, almost as shocking as the acts themselves was the way the local dioceses refused to take responsibility for their clergymen, instead shuffling them more frantically than a croupier with obsessive compulsive disorder.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Compulsive" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 97.14% of the time. "Compulsive" is used about 245 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	97.14%	238	19,410
Noun (proper)	2.86%	7	133,076
Total	100.00%	245	N/A

Expressions using "compulsive": Compulsive Behavior ♦ compulsive liar ♦ Compulsive Personality Disorder. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "compulsive": obsessive-compulsive.
	Containing "compulsive": Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, obsessive-compulsive personality.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "compulsive"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		me fiksim, maniakal (crazy), i sëmurë (ailing, bad, case, diseased, down, ill, invalid, morbid, noisome, pathological, patient, seedy, sick, sufferer, unhealthy, unsound, unwell), i pandreqshëm (beyond retrieve, fatal, hopeless, incorrigible, inveterate, irreclaimable, irredeemable, irremediable, irreparable, irretraceable, irretrievable, perverse, remediless, unimprovable), detyrues (binding, coercive, compelling, impellent). (various references)

Bulgarian		внушителен (awesome, gallant, grave, handsome, heroic, imperial, imposing, impressive, noble, portly, proud, towering), натрапчив (adhesive, intrusive, meddlesome, obtrusive, officious, pragmatic, pragmatical, pushy), принудителен (coercive, compulsory, forced, forcible, involuntary). (various references)

Chinese		强迫性. (various references)

Czech		chorobný (diseased, unhealthy, unwholesome), patologický (morbid), nutkavý (obsessive), nesmírnì zajímavý, fascinující (enthralling, exhilarating, fascinating, glamorous, glamourous, inspiring, intriguing, mesmeric, witching), donucovací (coercive, repressive). (various references)

Danish		tvangstanke (compulsive thinking, obsessive thinking), tvangsberøring (compulsive touching, obsessive touching), latterkrampe (compulsive laughing, convulsive laughing, forced laughing), berøringsobsession (compulsive touching, obsessive touching). (various references)

Dutch		lachkramp (compulsive laughing, convulsive laughing, forced laughing). (various references)

Farsi		اضطراری , اجباری (Compulsory, Mandatory). (various references)

Finnish		pakottava (imperative). (various references)

French		compulsionnel, compulsif, obsessionnel, invétéré. (various references)

German		zwingend (bludgeoning, coercible, coercing, coercive, cogent, cogently, compellable, compelling, compellingly, compulsively, conclusive, constraining, exigent, forcible, forcibly, forcing, imperative, mandatory, necessary, unassailable, urgent), zwanghaft (compulsively, obsessive). (various references)

Greek		καταπιεστικόσ (repressive), πιεστικόσ (coercive, pressing), παθολογικόσ (morbid, pathologic, pathological), υποχρεωτικόσ (accommodating, bounden, complaisant, incumbent, obligational, obligatory, obliging), αναγκαστικόσ (compulsory), τυραννικόσ (despotic, domineering, tyrannic, tyrannical, tyrannous). (various references)

Hebrew		כפיתי. (various references)

Hungarian		megszállott (cacodaemon, cacodemon, infatuated, obsessed, possessed), megrögzött (besetting, confirmed, deep-seated, habitual, hardcore, ingrown, rooted). (various references)

Italian		compulsivo (obsessive-compulsive), coercitivo (coercive). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		手癖 (compulsive thievery, sticky-fingered). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		てくせ (compulsive thievery, sticky-fingered). (various references)

Korean		강� �� . (various references)

Pig Latin		ompulsivecay

Portuguese		compulsivo (binding). (various references)

Russian		принудительный (coercive, compulsory, forced, forcible). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		prinudan (coercive, compulsory, forced), kompulzivan. (various references)

Spanish		compulsivo (compulsory). (various references)

Swedish		tvångsmässig (obsessional), tvångs- (forcible). (various references)

Turkish		zorlayıcı (coercive, compelling, compulsory, drastic, exigent, high pressure, insistent, stringent), dürtü etkisiyle yapılan. (various references)

Ukrainian		примусовий (base, coercive, compulsory, forced). (various references)

Vietnamese		có xu hướng ép buộc, ép buộc (coercive, coercively, compulsory, forced). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "compulsive": compulsively, compulsiveness, compulsivenesses, compulsives. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Compulsive" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: commpulsive, consultive, cumpulsive. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "compulsive" (pronounced kumpu"lsiv)
7	-m p u" l s i v	impulsive.
6	-p u" l s i v	repulsive.
5	-u" l s i v	convulsive.
3	-s i v	abrasive, abusive, adhesive, aggressive, allusive, apprehensive, aversive, coercive, cohesive, collusive, comprehensive, conclusive, conducive, corrosive, counteroffensive, decisive, defensive, depressive, derisive, discursive, dismissive, dispersive, divisive, effusive, elusive, erosive, evasive, excessive, exclusive, expansive, expensive, explosive, expressive, extensive, hypertensive, illusive, impassive, impressive, incisive, inclusive, inconclusive, indecisive, inexpensive, inoffensive, intrusive, invasive, massive, missive, nonexclusive, nonresponsive, obsessive, obtrusive, offensive, oppressive, passive, pensive, permissive, persuasive, pervasive, possessive, progressive, recessive, reclusive, reflexive, regressive, repressive, responsive, submissive, subversive, successive, unimpressive, unobtrusive, unresponsive.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-i-l-m-o-p-s-u-v"
	-2 letters: coliseum, compiles, complies, pluviose, polemics.
	-3 letters: closeup, compels, compile, couples, impulse, oilcups, pelvics, piceous, pileous, plosive, plumose, polemic, polices, pumelos, pumices, spicule, upcoils, volumes.
	-4 letters: celoms, cesium, clevis, climes, clomps, cloves, clumps, coleus, colies, compel, copies, coulis, coupes, couple, cupels, impels, impose, locums, louies, loupes, miscue, molies, movies, mucose, muesli, muscle, oilcup, oleums.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-i-l-m-o-p-s-u-v"
	+1 letter: compulsives.
	+2 letters: compulsively.
	+3 letters: consumptively.
	+4 letters: compulsiveness, compulsivities.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
obsessive compulsive disorder	1,380	obsessive compulsive disorder in child	18
obsessive compulsive	230	obsessive compulsive foundation	17
compulsive gambling	130	obsessive compulsive personality	16
compulsive overeating	105	obsessive compulsive disorder symptom	16
compulsive lying	99	medication for obsessive compulsive disorder	15
obsessive compulsive personality disorder	90	compulsive picking skin	15
compulsive eating	89	effects of compulsive gambling	15
compulsive liar	79	obessive compulsive disorder	14
compulsive obsessive behavior	69	compulsive hoarding	14
compulsive disorder	69	brown compulsive obsessive scale yale	13
compulsive behavior	47	clinical compulsive disorder obsessive	12
compulsive	37	obssesive compulsive disorder	12
compulsive eating disorder	35	compulsive gambler	12
compulsive shopping	31	anonymous compulsive eater	11
obsessive compulsive disorder child	30	teenage compulsive gambling	10
obsessive compulsive disorder treatment	30	compulsive counseling obsessive	9
compulsive spending	27	compulsive over eating	9
gambling compulsive addiction	22	compulsive lying disorder	9
compulsive masturbation	19	compulsive hair pulling	9
obsesive compulsive disorder	19	compulsive exercise	9
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Compulsive

Definition: Compulsive

Compulsive

Adjective

Noun

Specialty Definition: Compulsive

Synonyms: Compulsive

Crosswords: Compulsive

Modern Usage: Compulsive

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Non-Fiction Usage: Compulsive

Spoken Usage: Compulsive

Dennis Miller

Usage Frequency: Compulsive

Expressions: Compulsive

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Compulsive

Modern Translation: Compulsive

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Derivations & Misspellings: Compulsive

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Anagrams: Compulsive

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