coercion Definition
co·er·cion (kō ʉr′s̸hən, -z̸hən)
noun
- the act or power of coercing
- government by force
Etymology: L coercio
coercion Synonyms
coercion Law Definition
n
- Constrain or restrain by physical force or the threat of such force. See also duress and undue influence.
- The improper use of economic power to alter, shape, or otherwise control the actions of another.
coercion Usage Examples
Converse of object
- prevent: This authority is in place to prevent coercion, pressure or payment for organs, which is illegal in the UK.
- involve: Second, the sexual abuse of young people rarely involves coercion or violence.
- use: If the child is under 12 or the offender uses coercion, maximum penalty is 12 years.
- include: These included coercion in the form of laws passed in 1920 and 1923 banning abortion and contraception.
- become: Further, unexpected experiences may also lead to reluctance to participate raising the question of when perseverance in following up participants becomes coercion?
- justify: Useless or counter-productive public spending cannot possibly justify the coercion involved in levying taxes.
Adjective modifier
- extra-economic: Unlike a business firm, the state is an apparatus of direct extra-economic coercion.
- intentional: Your ability to act as you wish has here been limited by the intentional coercion of others.
- sexual: An important element of sexual health is freedom from sexual coercion.
- moral: It embodies one of the most effective weapons of moral coercion that it is possible to employ in the struggle of all against all.
- military: The EU is planning voluntary cooperation among its military, not coercion.
- physical: Normative influence does not have to involve physical coercion.
Modifies a noun
bill: The Whigs were lukewarm and the king cold, while the tithe and coercion bills excited the steady opposition of the Irish members.
Noun used with modifier
- state: Stephen long ago queried why the state coercion of the criminal law should give way to the private coercion that is duress.
- type: Unlike C but like most Lisp dialects, Perl internally and dynamically handles all memory allocation, garbage collection, and type coercion.
- government: These are exactly the two areas that capitalist commerce is never going to address without government coercion.
Preposition: in
form: These included coercion in the form of laws passed in 1920 and 1923 banning abortion and contraception.
Preposition: of
kind: There is no room for coercion of any kind in a loving relationship.
Preposition: by
power: We believe that nations have the right to determine their own destiny, free from military coercion by great powers.
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