compulsiveness
noun [ U ] uk/kəmˈpʌl.sɪv.nəs/ us/kəmˈpʌl.sɪv.nəs/
强迫性行为
behaviour in which someone does something too much and is unable to stop doing it
Some people have a tendency towards compulsiveness to achieve success. 有些人为了获得成功，有一种强迫性的倾向。
I started to learn Spanish, putting all my usual compulsiveness into language. 我开始学习西班牙语，把我平时所有的强迫性行为都放在语言上。
See: compulsive
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- He's polite, helpful and, despite a certain compulsiveness , not without a spiritual side.
- In those days, he slept half the day. The compulsiveness didn't kick in until law school.
- What is it that drives my own compulsiveness?