anancasm
Meanings
noun
- Obsessive-compulsive behaviour.
- In the philosophy of Charles Peirce, a mode of evolution occurring by mechanical necessity.
Word forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀνάγκασμα (anánkasma, “compulsion”).
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