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compulsive the state of being subject to compulsion. compulsive drinking see primary polydypsia. compulsive rolling an involuntary movement in which the recumbent patient persists in rolling, always in the same direction, until it meets an obstruction. compulsive walking affected animals walk oblivious to their surroundings. They appear to be blind, walk into objects, headpress against them and stay in this position for long periods, are oblivious to danger and may die of misadventure. They may attempt to climb a wall and fall over backwards. Common causes are hepatic encephalopathy and increased intracranial pressure. |
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| In detailing these "serial affairs," he labels Du Bois a "priapic adulterer," and he suggests that during one period "his relationships with women, always vigorous and varied, became sexually ever more exuberant to such a degree that they resembled the compulsiveness of a Casanova. This, whether inadvertent or intentional, augments the book and contributes to Sotos's successful rendering of destructive compulsiveness as subject in Comfort and Critique. I am trying to let go of my obsessive compulsiveness and saving shit like a pack rat. |
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