compulsivelike
Compulsivelike is an adjective used in psychology and related fields to describe behaviors that resemble compulsions—repetitive, seemingly driven actions performed to relieve distress or prevent a feared outcome—but that do not necessarily meet the diagnostic criteria for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) or other disorders. The term is primarily descriptive and used in research or clinical observation to distinguish non-diagnostic, ritualistic, or habitual actions from clinically defined compulsions.
A key distinction is that compulsions in OCD are typically ego-dystonic, unwanted, and linked to intrusive obsessions,
The term appears in various contexts, including animal models, addiction research, and studies of repetitive or
Etymologically, the word combines compulsion with the suffix -like to indicate similarity rather than equivalence. It