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COMPULSIVENESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does compulsiveness mean?
• COMPULSIVENESS (noun)
The noun COMPULSIVENESS has 1 sense:
1. the trait of acting compulsively
Familiarity information: COMPULSIVENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The trait of acting compulsively
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
compulsiveness; compulsivity
Hypernyms ("compulsiveness" is a kind of...):
trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "compulsiveness"):
obsessiveness; obsessivity (extreme compulsiveness)
workaholism (compulsiveness about working)
Derivation:
compulsive (caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion)
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