compulsions

noun

using force to cause something to occur

an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will

an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid

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The word compulsions breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root puls-, from Latin pello (“drive, push”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.