3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Compulsive \Com*pul"sive\, a. Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion. [1913 Webster] Religion is . . . inconsistent with all compulsive motives. --Sharp. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: compulsive adj 1: caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion; "compulsive drinking" 2: strongly motivated to succeed [syn: {determined}, {driven}] n : a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels compelled to do certain things From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 63 Moby Thesaurus words for "compulsive": accordant, anal, automatic, blind, bourgeois, coactive, coercive, compelling, compulsatory, compulsory, concordant, conditioned, conformist, constrained, constraining, conventional, corresponding, driving, forced, forceful, formalistic, gripping, harmonious, holding, impelling, imperative, imperious, impulsive, in accord, in keeping, in line, in step, instinctive, involuntary, irresistible, kosher, mechanical, obsessing, obsessional, obsessive, orthodox, overwhelming, pedantic, plastic, possessing, precisianistic, preoccupying, pressing, reflex, reflexive, restraining, square, straight, stuffy, traditionalist, unconscious, unintentional, unthinking, unwilled, unwilling, unwitting, uptight, urgent
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