All 3 Uses of
compulsion
in
Babbitt
- He felt a compulsion back to all the standards he had so vaguely yet so desperately been fleeing.
Chpt 29 *compulsion = a strong (possibly uncontrollable) urge to do something
- For ten days he did not see Tanis nor telephone to her, and instantly she put upon him the compulsion which he hated.
Chpt 31compulsion = an urge, force, or requirement to do something
- He kissed her with careless heartiness, he forgot the compulsion of her demands, he stretched in a large chair and felt that he had beautifully come home.
Chpt 31
Definition:
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(compulsion) a strong (possibly uncontrollable) urge to do something; or a force or a requirement that forces an action