compulsive
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besetting, driven, impulsive, obsessional, obsessive
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There are compulsive shoppers who hoard things with the tags still on them (keep the tags on and sell it!) and buy multiple versions of the same thing. — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, "What I’ve Learned From Cleaning Out Vogue Editors’ Closets," 30 Apr. 2019 The problem is when drug use turns compulsive and harmful — creating health risks, leading someone to neglect family and children, driving someone to commit crimes, and so on. — German Lopez, Vox, "The simple idea that could help end America’s opioid epidemic," 26 Dec. 2018 At this point, there aren’t treatment options aside from online forums where players discuss their compulsive gaming. — Brittany Shoot, Fortune, "Are Video Games An Addiction? The World Health Organization Thinks So," 18 June 2018 The compulsive coverage continues during the White House press briefing. — Fox News, "Gorka on New Mexico compound case 'travesty'," 15 Aug. 2018 Those symptoms might include compulsive use or having their use get in the way of their ability to focus on and live their life. — Korin Miller, SELF, "Kelly Osbourne Says She's Been Sober for a Year After Experiencing a Relapse," 13 Aug. 2018 For Navarro, drawing has always been an almost compulsive pastime. — Rachel Hahn, Vogue, "Meet the Young Artist Behind Tyler, the Creator’s Doodle-Covered Chucks," 20 Nov. 2018 Splitting, or compulsive, neurotic reordering of all persons and things as either good or bad, was originally seen as a feature of borderline-personality disorder. — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, "When the Fever Passes, Learn From Trump’s Taxes," 12 Oct. 2018 For some people, trichotillomania is a mild disorder that is generally manageable, but for others, the compulsive urges leave them with patchy bald spots. — Temi Adebowale, Harper's BAZAAR, "Model Sara Sampaio Reveals She Suffers From Trichotillomania," 30 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'compulsive.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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