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obsessive
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caused by or suggestive of an irresistible urge intrigued by the man's obsessive counting of everyday objects Synonyms besetting, driven, impulsive, obsessional, compulsiveRelated Words irrepressible, uncontrollable; automatic, instinctive, involuntary, knee-jerk, reflex, spontaneous; conditioned, mechanical; unconscious, unthinking, unwitting; capricious, unpredictable, whimsicalNear Antonyms unforced, voluntary, willful (or wilful); controllable, manageable, resistible
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