This is something I've been wondering for a while so I'd better figure it out. I keep wondering what the difference is between an impulsion and a compulsion.
im·pul·sion (ĭm-pŭl′shən)
im·pul·sion (ĭm-pŭl′shən)
n.
Irrational Motive: - A motive inconsistent with reason or logic.
1. The act of impelling or the condition of being impelled: "I do not move . . . unless it be under the impulsion of a third party" (Samuel Beckett).
2. An impelling force; a thrust.
3. Motion produced by an impelling force; momentum.
4. A wish or urge from within; an impulse.
impulsion (ɪmˈpʌlʃən)
There seems to be different types of compulsions:
n
1. the act of impelling or the state of being impelled
2. motion produced by an impulse; propulsion
3. a driving force; compulsion
There seems to be different types of compulsions:
compulsion:
Irresistible Impulse - An urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid.
Irrational Impulse: - A strong spontaneous and irrational motivation.
Obsession: - An irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will.
Irrational Motive: - A motive inconsistent with reason or logic.
Onomatomania: - Obsession with a particular word which the person uses repeatedly or which intrudes into their consciousness.
So compulsions are impulses with a driving force behind them.
It's interesting about that... Onomatomania... I haven't heard of that before. You know why it's interesting? For years I have wondered why I say this phrase spontaneously and often repeatedly.
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