Compulsive in a sentence as a noun

I knew a girl in rehab who was a compulsive shopper.

You can call that kind of game fun, but only if you call compulsive gambling fun.

A word often used to describe this segment is "compulsive clicker.

Unfortunately, there are people who take this too far and end up as total misers or compulsive hoarders.

It seems like a waste of time and resources, driven by a compulsive over-expression of sentiment.

You see this most clearly in drug addicts - no, in compulsive gamblers: they desperately want their fix, but aren't any happier when they're doing it.

'Many popular games tap into something in a person that is compulsive, like hoarding,' he said, 'the need to make progress with points or collect things.

Once you become conscious of the non-stop compulsive attention seeking, there is a certain emptiness to it.

Compulsive in a sentence as an adjective

Being convicted of a felony does not make you forever an untrustworthy lout, nor a compulsive, criminal liar.

I suffer from a moderate case of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

I think really an obsessive nature with respect to the quality of the product is very important and so being an obsessive compulsive is a good thing in this context.

There's such a compulsive need to negate risk that everything is all about the process instead of the results - and inevitably this leads to huge amounts of wasted time and money while people try to decide the right thing to do.

In the ongoing debate of “should everyone program”, while I am uncertain about the prospect of making CS education a compulsive requirement, I do believe a net should be cast out to catch those who perhaps never realized their interest and potential.

Hopefully he will post a comprehensive list of all other companies he is aware of that engage in this practice in order to show his good will in stating it is an industry best practice according to his personal knowledge, and not that he is merely a compulsive liar.

I don't assert that early-childhood regression, severe cognitive disabilities, barely-lingual, no eye contact, compulsive behaviors, self-harm, stimming, problems with loud noises, and seemingly random inappropriate decisions like disrobing or running into traffic or poking a stranger or trying to enter an interesting-looking house are the canonical Autism.

If I had an english degree, rather than the usual tired excuses, I'd go around telling people:"The study of humanities imbues us with a rich internal, emotional wealth such that graduates do not feel the compulsive need for ultimately harmful acquisitive obsessions throughout their lives, whereas holders of science degrees are condemned by their mechanistic brainwashing to toil furiously for worthless material rewards.

Compulsive definitions

noun

a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels compelled to do certain things

adjective

caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion; "compulsive drinking"

adjective

strongly motivated to succeed

See also: determined driven