The phrase "a compulsion on" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used incorrectly; the correct form would be "a compulsion to" or "a compulsion for."
Example: "He felt a compulsion to finish the project despite his exhaustion."
Alternatives: "an urge to" or "a pressure to".
The idea, as it is viewed from Washington, is that a Communist seizure of power in one country will exert a compulsion on neighboring countries to topple because of insurrection, perhaps with some outside help... Nor is the domino theory simply a contemporary fallacy.
Simon Curtis's film shows how sexual intrigue is such a compulsion on a film set that it must always find an outlet somewhere, somehow.
A compulsion, on the other hand, involves performing an action repeatedly and persistently without leading to a reward or pleasure.[6] These acts are often performed to make the obsessions go away.
You feel a compulsion to be "on" in a way that's unnecessary when you type-chat while slumped in a grubby T-shirt and with pre-coffee "morning voice".
She had a compulsion to suckle on any available udder - the spiked ring ensured any attempt to latch on to an udder would result in a sharp kick in the face.
While he hasn't yet been diagnosed with any psychological illness yet, swallowing 40 knives sounds a lot like pica a rare eating disorder in which people develop a compulsion to snack on non-food items.
I don't know anything about the man except what I've read in news reports but, as an American who has spent a lot of time in Pakistan, I feel a personal stake in this story and a compulsion to reflect on my own philosophy of travel and, for that matter, of life.
On the other hand General Motors have no automobile for sale, but, like so many great corporations somehow seems to feel a compulsion to go right on buying radio time.
Or he is less still, just a glint in his grandfather's eye (Adolf here is a product of "Second-Degree Incestuary", a source of great interest for our narrator).Mr Mailer's voice, always such a marked presence in his work, takes the form of a demon masquerading as an SS officer, acting on a compulsion to tell his story against the devil's will.
Speaking to reporters at Cannes, Refn said he felt powerless to resist a compulsion to depict violence on screen.
Herbert Muschamp's article "Public Space or Private, a Compulsion to Fill It" [Aug. 27] on the contemporary American inability to leave open space alone is timely.
