COMPULSIVE ACT
\kəmpˈʌlsɪv ˈakt], \kəmpˈʌlsɪv ˈakt], \k_ə_m_p_ˈʌ_l_s_ɪ_v ˈa_k_t]\
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The a. of a person in consequence of an imperative or compulsive, usually unconscious, impulse. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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