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He also pointed out that when manufacturers boost sales with "words like crave-ability, snack-ability and more-ishness" it becomes "difficult for them to draw a line between that and compulsiveness on our part."

From Salon • Jan. 16, 2023

When you allow yourself to neglect your usual compulsiveness, she said, that’s when mistakes happen.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2022

It's not in Hollywood-style special effects, but in the mundane of the everyday; a casual attitude, a compulsiveness about the little things.

From Fox News • Feb. 19, 2019

“Eric thinks there is a compulsiveness, a disorder, and tries to get to the cause of that,” Clarke said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2017

Research mathematicians attack their problems with an intensity and compulsiveness which seem related to the purity of their research.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos