intimidation
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6.5
- noun
- /ɪnˌtɪmɪˈdeɪʃən/
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intimidación
- The investigation revealed a pattern of intimidation that deterred witnesses from coming forward.
- threats and intimidation
- intimidation and harassment
- violence and intimidation
On the stick side, these included intimidation, harassment and mistreatment.
- On the stick side, these included intimidation, harassment and mistreatment.
- He is creating an environment of intimidation and fear.
- So instead I'm going to use violence and intimidation to force my bad idea in.
- Now they're just hitting us with rates, with taxes, and with intimidation through the IRS.
- Because at the end of the day, the goal that is sought through intimidation is silence.
- Their connections are characterized by dominance and intimidation as ways of keeping someone close.
- How do you get a voluntary compliance rather than intimidation?
- Because the reality is that anger is a very effective intimidation tactic.
- And as long as people are not engaging in violence, not using intimidation, is that that's the limit, right?
- OK, that's meant as a threat, intimidation.
- So what Monsanto did is to cover up for whatever they're doing via intimidation.
- Now the last thing before we get into kind of the flip side of why this intimidation is happening is you don't tolerate nonsense.
- To address the present situation, we cannot condone the change of status quo through coercion and intimidation.
Examples
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There were instances of intimidation of candidates and voters, as well as irregularities in polling procedures.
Academic text (1990) -
The manager used intimidation to discourage employees from voicing their concerns.
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And these are just some examples of how intimidation worked.
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Because at the end of the day, the goal that is sought through intimidation is silence.
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And the tactics of intimidation require using your own fears against you.
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He is creating an environment of intimidation and fear.
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The pickets tried to take away my freedom of choice by the use of intimidation.
Academic text (1993) -
All the overt forms of intimidation, however, failed to lead to the results desired by the authorities.
Academic text (1990) -
And in this already tense atmosphere concerns remain about intimidation run rife in working-class areas.
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Many workers left the company due to the constant intimidation they faced from their superiors.
Synonyms
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4.6
Repeatedly annoying or frightening someone to upset them
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2.7
Treating someone weaker badly to control or frighten them
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6.9
The act of making someone do something by using threats or violence
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7.5
The act of stopping people from doing something by making them afraid of the result
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7.5
Repeated annoying demands or questions from someone
To cause intense fear in people by threats or violence
Trying to make people afraid to influence their views
Something that makes people avoid doing something by showing possible bad results
Antonyms
How Intimidating
Surface Forms
Morphology
intimidation = intimidate (transparent) = intimidate + ion
Standard nominalization from the verb 'intimidate'; the noun denotes the act or process of intimidating and is directly derivable.
Etymology
Intimidation comes from the root timid, which means 'shy' or 'afraid'. It literally means 'making someone timid', so it is used for actions that try to make people afraid or stop them by threats.