coercion
IPA: koʊˈɝʃʌn
noun
- (uncountable) Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.
- (law, uncountable) 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.
- (countable) A specific instance of coercing.
- (programming, countable) Conversion of a value of one data type to a value of another data type.
- (linguistics, semantics) The process by which the meaning of a word or other linguistic element is reinterpreted to match the grammatical context.
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Examples of "coercion" in Sentences
- Coercion is the basis of hierarchy.
- They support the use of aggressive coercion.
- The unnaturalness of equality implies coercion.
- This kind of activity amounts to coercion and duress.
- That's the point of the exercise in coercion isn't it
- Coercion is the use of physical force or the threat of it.
- Provocatio was the check on the magistrate's power of Coercion.
- Dispossession and Coercion are very general categories for him.
- Government is the one doing the coercion by regulating banking.
- There is in the operation of the market no compulsion and coercion.