compulsive in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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compulsive [Am kəmˈpəlsɪv, Brit kəmˈpʌlsɪv] ADJ

compulsive-obsessive [Am kəmˌpəlsɪvəbˈsɛsɪv, Brit kəmˌpʌlsɪvəbˈsɛsɪv] ADJ N

compulsive-obsessive → obsessive–compulsive

See also obsessive–compulsive

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a compulsive gambler
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Answering yes to three or more of these questions indicates compulsive spending.
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He has the bad habit of being compulsive shopper, making things that will never be useful.
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Compulsive spending is often done to avoid uncomfortable feelings.
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The first version overwhelms the reader with its intimacy, its torrent of lament and letting-go, which is both shocking and compulsive.
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At least one study has found that quinpirole induces compulsive behavior symptomatic of obsessive compulsive disorder in rats.
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To elicit such responses when interrupting their writing suggests that hypergraphia is a compulsive condition, resulting in an obsessive motivation to write.
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Bobby is a compulsive flirt and his wife knows about it.
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The style called for much visual comedy improvised by the players, and often a compulsive linguistic tic.
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A compulsive doodler, as a child he made countless sketches of the boats that were later to make him famous.
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More importantly, it is through the act of male dominance inherent in these institutions that compulsive heterosexuality emerges.
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