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- noun Plural form of
compulsive .
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Examples
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Some may come to the center because of poor study habits or acting out in class, while others may be diagnosed as obsessive compulsives or suffer from bipolar disorder or schizophrenia.
Daniel Grant: Art Schools Add Mental Health Centers Daniel Grant 2010
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Some may come to the center because of poor study habits or acting out in class, while others may be diagnosed as obsessive compulsives or suffer from bipolar disorder or schizophrenia.
Daniel Grant: Art Schools Add Mental Health Centers Daniel Grant 2010
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Addiction specialists like NYU's Dr. Samuel Glazer are helping campaign compulsives detox.
Which Type Of Election Addict Are You? (And How To Recover!) 2010
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Comparisons to 1908 are good for hyperbole and for obsessive compulsives like Monk for whom 100 years is a soothing number because they like things arranged in multiples of 10.
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Addiction specialists like NYU's Dr. Samuel Glazer are helping campaign compulsives detox.
Which Type Of Election Addict Are You? (And How To Recover!) 2010
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Perfectionists and compulsives are a tormented, unhappy lot.
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William Reich referred to compulsives as "living machines," highly productive but not enjoying what they produce (Maxment & Ward, 1995), typically presenting with symptoms of anxiety, worry, depression, and dysthymia.
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Perfectionists and compulsives are a tormented, unhappy lot.
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William Reich referred to compulsives as "living machines," highly productive but not enjoying what they produce (Maxment & Ward, 1995), typically presenting with symptoms of anxiety, worry, depression and dysthymia.
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Check Mates is an original collection of fiction and poetry written about obsessive-compulsive disorder by the people who know best – obsessive-compulsives.
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