late 16th cent. (in the sense compulsory): from medieval Latin compulsivus, from compuls-driven, forced, from the verb compellere(see compel). Sense 1 (originally a term in psychology) dates from the early 20th cent
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noun
1.a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels compelled to do certain things
2.caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion;