Bludgeonry
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bludgeonry is a noun meaning Harsh coercion; bludgeoning.
Meaning
Harsh coercion; bludgeoning.
Example Sentences
Commercial bribery, spying, egregious misrepresentation and bludgeonry are the things which interest the Federal Trade Commission.
Just as Poe "managed to offend or antagonize an impressive segment of the American literati, either through slashing reviews, biting journalistic profiles, insulting letters, sober threats, or sudden incoherencies," so Holbrooke was perceived in some quarters as "a destructive critic (of the best intentions)" who "fails to see the result of his impromptu diatribes," employing a questionable "literary ‘bludgeonry’."
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bludgeoning, brutality, violence, coercion, force, duress.
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