Coercion

Quick meaning: Coercion is a noun meaning (uncountable) Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.

Meaning

(uncountable) Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.

More Meanings

1. (countable) A specific instance of coercing.
2. (programming, countable) Conversion of a value of one data type to a value of another data type.
3. (libertarianism) The initiation or threat of conflict; aggression.
4. (law, uncountable) Use of physical or moral force to compel a person to do something, or to abstain from doing something, thereby depriving that person of the exercise of free will.
5. (linguistics, semantics) The process by which the meaning of a word or other linguistic element is reinterpreted to match the grammatical context.

Example Sentences

But often the pieces of information do not fit together and have to be shifted in meaning to confirm with the rest of the sentence. These shifts are called coercion

One of the primary objectives of the foreign policy of the United States is the creation of conditions in which we and other nations will be able to work out a way of life free from coercion.

...a conversion of mass nouns into count readings according to sorter and portion coercion is only possible if the denotation of a mass noun already comprises minimal parts into which the noun can be subdivided.

Word Forms

• coercions
• coersion

Synonyms for coercion

Depending on context, synonyms include compulsion.

Antonyms for coercion

Common opposites include noncoercion.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include compulsion, coercive, enforcement, imposition, forcible, duress.

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