[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

compulsive \compul"sive\, a.
   having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
   1913 webster

         religion is . . . inconsistent with all compulsive
         motives.                                 --sharp.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

compulsive
     adj 1: caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion;
            "compulsive drinking"
     2: strongly motivated to succeed syn: determined, driven
     n : a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels
         compelled to do certain things
see also:
determined driven 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

63 moby thesaurus words for "compulsive":
   accordant, anal, automatic, blind, bourgeois, coactive, coercive,
   compelling, compulsatory, compulsory, concordant, conditioned,
   conformist, constrained, constraining, conventional, corresponding,
   driving, forced, forceful, formalistic, gripping, harmonious,
   holding, impelling, imperative, imperious, impulsive, in accord,
   in keeping, in line, in step, instinctive, involuntary,
   irresistible, kosher, mechanical, obsessing, obsessional,
   obsessive, orthodox, overwhelming, pedantic, plastic, possessing,
   precisianistic, preoccupying, pressing, reflex, reflexive,
   restraining, square, straight, stuffy, traditionalist, unconscious,
   unintentional, unthinking, unwilled, unwilling, unwitting, uptight,
   urgent

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