anancasm

Meanings

Noun

Obsessive-compulsive behaviour.
In the philosophy of Charles Peirce, a mode of evolution occurring by mechanical necessity.

Origin / Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνάγκασμα (anánkasma, “compulsion”).

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