pulsion

/ˈpʌlʃən/
noun
  1. A strong, often irresistible urge or impulse to do something.
    • His pulsion to explore unknown places led him to travel the world.
    • The artist followed a creative pulsion that kept him painting through the night.
    • She felt a sudden pulsion to call her old friend after years of silence.
  2. The act of pushing or driving forward; a propulsive force.
    • In physics class, we learned about the pulsion that moves a sailboat forward.
    • The rocket's pulsion came from its powerful engines.
    • The pulsion of the crowd pushed them through the narrow gate.
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