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compulsive(dictionary)
compulsive(dictionary)
Compulsive(medicine)
Obsessive-compulsive(health)
Compulsive cruising(health)
compulsive personality(medicine)
compulsive idea(medicine)

compulsive neurosis (medicine) and sunburst (iou)


compulsive neurosis (medicine)


compulsive neurosis -->
obsessive-compulsive neurosis


A disorder characterised by the persistent and repetitive intrusion of unwanted thoughts, urges, or actions that the individual is unable to prevent; the compulsive thoughts may consist of single words, ideas, or ruminations often perceived by the sufferer as nonsensical; the repetitive urges or actions vary from simple movements to complex rituals; anxiety or distress is the underlying emotion or drive state, and the ritualistic behaviour is a learned method of reducing the anxiety.

Synonym: compulsive neurosis.


sunburst (iou)



sunburst noun. E19.
[from SUN noun1 + BURST noun.]
A burst of sunlight; a sudden shining of the sun from behind a cloud. E19.
A thing constructed so as to imitate the sun with its rays, spec. an ornament or brooch, firework, a photographic filter. E20.