Coercive meaning

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The definition of coercive is something related to the act of convincing someone through threats, force or without regard to what they want to do.

When your boyfriend says he is going to break up with you if you don't buy him a really expensive gift, this is an example of coercive behavior.

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Characterized by or inclined to coercion.
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Of coercion or tending to coerce.
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Displaying a tendency or intent to coerce.
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Origin of coercive

  • from coerce + -ive

    From Wiktionary

Coercive Sentence Examples

  • The governor has a hereditary army for coercive purposes.

  • Marsilius denies, not only to the pope, but to the bishops and clergy, any coercive jurisdiction or any right to pronounce on their own authority excommunications and interdicts, or in any way to impose the observation of the divine law.

  • The effect of the addition of tungsten in increasing the coercive force is very clearly shown; in two specimens containing respectively 3.44 and 2.35% of tungsten the coercive force was 64.5 and 70.7.

  • The government, however, saw little reason in the events of the following months for reversing their coercive policy.

  • The more negative inmate behavior becomes, the more extreme the coercive control will become.

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