coercion

CEFRC1

/koʊˈɜːʃən/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The use of force or threats to make someone act.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A specific instance of coercing.

Examples

  • If you don't listen to us, we will have to resort to coercion.

  • Leadership by coercion would not produce the results we see.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Use of physical or moral force to compel a person to do something, or to abstain from doing something, thereby depriving that person of the exercise of free will.

  2. Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.

  3. Conversion of a value of one data type to a value of another data type.

More examples

In context

  • But often the pieces of information do not fit together and have to be shifted in meaning to confirm with the rest of the sentence. These shifts are called coercion

  • One of the primary objectives of the foreign policy of the United States is the creation of conditions in which we and other nations will be able to work out a way of life free from coercion.

  • ...a conversion of mass nouns into count readings according to sorter and portion coercion is only possible if the denotation of a mass noun already comprises minimal parts into which the noun can be subdivided.

Antonyms

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Origin

noun

Inherited from Middle English cohercioun, from Old French cohercion, from Latin coërcitiō (“magisterial coercion”), from past participle coercitus of coërceō (“to restrain, coerce”), from co- (“with”) + arceō (“to shut in, enclose”); see coerce.