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Discover LudwigThe phrase "acute compulsion" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a strong, intense urge or desire to do something, often in a psychological or emotional context.
Example: "She felt an acute compulsion to check her phone every few minutes, even during the meeting."
Alternatives: "intense urge" or "strong desire".
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The symptom storm triggered an acute compulsion to retreat to silent surroundings.
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The compulsion seems particularly acute in California, land of perpetual self-invention, where Tuscan villas preside over Napa Valley hillsides, and movie stars loll about ersatz Bavarian castles with Mediterranean swimming pools behind British hedges in Beverly Hills.
For example, whether the severity of a psychotic episode would predict the severity of obsessions and compulsions in patients with both obsessive compulsive disorder and acute phase schizophrenia is not addressed here but a question for further research.
This stress-induced compulsion to consume the drug was normalized by acute heroin administration, as indicated by reduced amygdala OFC connectivity.
The compulsion.
The compulsion of chirality.
I felt a compulsion.
It's a compulsion.
But there's no compulsion.
How much compulsion is acceptable?
Romantic compulsion is another driver.
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