Synonyms of the word

compulsion

• n. An irrational need to perform some action, often despite negative consequences.
• n. The use of authority, influence, or other power to force (compel) a person or persons to act.
• n. The lawful use of violence (i.e. by the administration).

causation

• n. The act of causing.
• n. The act or agency by which an effect is produced.
• n. Cause and effect; causality.

causing

• v. present participle of cause.

coercion

• n. (not countable) Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the…
• n. (law, not countable) Use of physical or moral force to compel a person to do something, or to abstain…
• n. (countable) A specific instance of coercing.
• n. (programming, countable) Conversion of a value of one data type to a value of another data type.
• n. (linguistics, semantics) The process by which the meaning of a word or other linguistic element is reinterpreted…

obsession

• n. A compulsive or irrational preoccupation.
• n. An unhealthy fixation.
• n. Influence or control by evil spirits without possession.