coercion
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6.9
- noun
- /koʊˈɜrʃən/
- Offensive
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coacción
- There's bullying and there's coercion.
- violent coercion
- nonviolent coercion
- sexual coercion
When love meets coercion, that's what we call the trauma bond.
- When love meets coercion, that's what we call the trauma bond.
- No form of commercial coercion is, is, is legal.
- Some who join under coercion later engage in terrible acts.
- Don't tell people what to do, no coercion and opportunity and justice.
- It precludes the use of external means of coercion.
- People have to do what they're told and you end up using coercion and force to try to make the utopia work.
- And think about trafficking, you know, generally involves force, fraud and coercion.
Examples
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With its monopoly over the instruments of coercion, the military easily overthrows civilian governments.
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The police used coercion to extract a confession from the suspect.
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So in that case, could we say that some coercion is going on?
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No form of commercial coercion is, is, is legal.
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That is a strong element of coercion in a world, right?
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Some who join under coercion later engage in terrible acts.
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Explicit threats are an obvious form of coercion, but not all coercion needs to be explicit.
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Even if there's no sort of overt physical force, there is coercion by threat of force.
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That's not choice, that's coercion, OK.
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When love meets coercion, that's what we call the trauma bond.
Synonyms
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2.7
Treating someone weaker badly to control or frighten them
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6.5
Making someone scared by threats or pressure to stop them
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7.9
Pressure by threats or force that makes someone act against their will
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6.5
Someone forces you to do something
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6.3
Strong pressure from someone to make you do something
The use of force or threats to make someone do something
Antonyms
How Coercive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Coercion comes from the Latin word coercere, which means 'to keep in' or 'restrain'. It is the same root as the verb coerce, so coercion means making someone do something by force or threats.