transcription, транскрипция: [ kəmpʌlʃ(ə)n ]
( compulsions)
1.
A compulsion is a strong desire to do something, which you find difficult to control.
He felt a sudden compulsion to drop the bucket and run...
= urge
N-COUNT : oft N to-inf
2.
If someone uses compulsion in order to get you to do something, they force you to do it, for example by threatening to punish you if you do not do it.
Many universities argued that students learned more when they were in classes out of choice rather than compulsion...
= coercion
N-UNCOUNT