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| Domain | Definition |
Health | The behavior of performing an act persistently and repetitively without it leading to reward or pleasure. The act is usually a small, circumscribed behavior, almost ritualistic, yet not pathologically disturbing. Examples of compulsive behavior include twirling of hair, checking something constantly, not wanting pennies in change, straightening tilted pictures, etc. (references) |
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Books | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Treatment is necessary to end this compulsive behavior. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
compulsive behavior | 47 |
obsessive compulsive behavior in child | 3 |
obsesive compulsive behavior | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-e-h-i-i-l-m-o-o-p-r-s-u-v-v" | |
-5 letters: bromeliaceous. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 4F 4D 50 55 4C 53 49 56 45 42 45 48 41 56 49 4F 52 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01001111 01001101 01010000 01010101 01001100 01010011 01001001 01010110 01000101 00100000 01000010 01000101 01001000 01000001 01010110 01001001 01001111 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C O M P U L S I V E   B E H A V I O R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 004F 004D 0050 0055 004C 0053 0049 0056 0045 0042 0045 0048 0041 0056 0049 004F 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3749475055465343563923639423556434952 |
| 1. Usage: Commercial 2. Quotations: Non-fiction 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Anagrams | 5. Orthography 6. Bibliography |
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