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Compulsive   /kəmpˈəlsɪv/   Listen
Compulsive

adjective
1.
Caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion.
2.
Strongly motivated to succeed.  Synonyms: determined, driven.



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... papacy in England, fish was an article not of optional, but compulsive consumption, and this rendered the business of a fishmonger one of the principal trades of London. Fish Street Hill, and the immediate vicinity, was the great mart for this branch of traffic, from its close connexion with ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Vol. 19, Issue 529, January 14, 1832 • Various


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