Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. (uncountable) Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.
2. (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.
3. (countable) A specific instance of coercing.
4. (programming, countable) Conversion of a value of one data type to a value of another data type.
5. (linguistics, semantics) The process by which the meaning of a word or other linguistic element is reinterpreted to match the grammatical context.
6. (libertarianism) The initiation or threat of conflict; aggression.

Example Sentences

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.

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

...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
• coërcion

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When Should You Use Coercion?

Use coercion when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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