Usually means: Inability to resist repetitive, unnecessary actions.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word compulsiveness:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. compulsiveness: Merriam-Webster
  2. compulsiveness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. compulsiveness: Collins English Dictionary
  4. compulsiveness: Vocabulary.com
  5. compulsiveness: Wordnik
  6. compulsiveness: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. compulsiveness: Wiktionary
  8. compulsiveness: Dictionary.com
  9. compulsiveness: Rhymezone
  10. compulsiveness: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. compulsiveness: FreeDictionary.org
  12. compulsiveness: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. compulsiveness: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. compulsiveness: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. compulsiveness: Medical dictionary

(Note: See compulsive as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (compulsiveness)

▸ noun:  the state of being compulsive

Similar:
obsessive-compulsiveness, obsessive-compulsivity, compulsoriness, compulsive behaviour, uncompulsiveness, compulsoryness, obsessionality, obsessiveness, compunctiousness, compellingness, more...

Opposite:
spontaneity, flexibility, nonchalance, ease

Types:
obsessive, addictive, fixated, preoccupied, more...

Phrases:
obsessive compulsiveness, more...

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Similar:
obsessive-compulsiveness, obsessive-compulsivity, compulsoriness, compulsive behaviour, uncompulsiveness, compulsoryness, obsessionality, obsessiveness, compunctiousness, compellingness, more...

Opposite:
spontaneity, flexibility, nonchalance, ease

Types:
obsessive, addictive, fixated, preoccupied, more...

Phrases:
obsessive compulsiveness, more...



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