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
- Do you really think coercion is needed to reach a solution to coordination problems?
- Calling inappropriate laws "coercion" is neither necessary nor sufficient to make that case.
- In fact, coercion is more of a guy thing, so in that sense libertarianism is a female philosophy.
- That is equivalent to getting rid of the secret ballot, in that it invites coercion from the pro-union workers.
- Yet if coercion is officially banned, how will Americans come to a consensus about what kind of coercion is and isn't appropriate?
- And when we use the term coercion, nothing is farther from our thoughts than the carrying of blood and fire among those whom we still consider our brethren of South Carolina.
- The court applies what it calls a coercion standard, a coercion test, which is to say that nobody is alleging that the daughter of Michael Nubo (ph) Nudo (ph) who is described in the court briefings as an atheist.
- Without a social agreement as to what activities are unacceptable, the definition of what constitues coercion is very narrow indeed (perhaps only assault and the threat thereof), and the property right extends no further than what one can carry on one's person, and in some cases, maybe not even that far.
- Forcible coercion is probably not required in most circumstances: hints, looking disappointed, pretending to be sensitive and caring for a few days while telling her it is the right thing to do, making it clear that you would not be interested in her if she had a child, pretending you would love her less with a child, etc. is probably all that is necessary.
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