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US
/koʊˈɝʃən/
]
[ UK /kˌəʊˈɜːʃən/ ]
[ UK /kˌəʊˈɜːʃən/ ]
NOUN
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using force to cause something to occur
they didn't have to use coercion
though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game - the act of compelling by force of authority
How To Use coercion In A Sentence
- Physical coercion is a power of diminishing returns. Positive Parent Power
- Do you really think coercion is needed to reach a solution to coordination problems? Another Herring, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
- Their disillusionment is often due in no small part to the deception and coercion employed by local commanders and combatants.
- The state's only function is as an apparatus of coercion and compulsion.
- It means simply freedom from coercion by others and it is achieved when a sphere of private autonomy is created.
- To add variety, new forms of coercion, like gheraos, were invented.
- It is the unavoidable and serious consequence of non-submission which lies at the heart of coercion.
- Yet it unequivocally states that the People "Shall not" (imperative) "coerce" the government, without defining what form such "coercion" takes. Please sign this open letter to Moveon.org et al re. petitions to topple The Thought Crimes Bill
- From Megiddo in 1485 BC to Kosovo in ad 1999, this argument runs, the only thing all wars have had in common has been to increase governments' powers of convocation and coercion.
- This is really your opportunity to be yourself, to do something without coercion from others.
