coercive
serving or tending to coerce.
Origin of coercive
1Other words from coercive
- co·er·cive·ly, adverb
- co·er·cive·ness, noun
- non·co·er·cive, adjective
- non·co·er·cive·ly, adverb
- non·co·er·cive·ness, noun
Words Nearby coercive
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How to use coercive in a sentence
Beyond that, she said she is opposed to coercive approaches to masking.
Maryland teacher placed on leave for refusing to wear face mask | Donna St. George | August 25, 2021 | Washington PostThe court also rejected the claim that this was human experimentation or coercive.
Can Your Employer Require That You Get Vaccinated? It Depends Where You Live | I. Glenn Cohen | August 2, 2021 | TimeThese laborers toiled under coercive, low-paying contracts, and discriminatory laws.
Such reports do not mask the coercive nature of government programs.
Solar industry’s ties to China’s Xinjiang region raise specter of forced labor | Lily Kuo, Pei Lin Wu, Jeanne Whalen | June 24, 2021 | Washington PostVaccination incentives raise ethical issues The EEOC has said incentives can’t be deemed “coercive” but they haven’t actually capped them or stated explicitly what constitutes coercive.
‘It gets really tricky’: With vaccine mandates, incentives now legal, here’s what it means for employers | Jessica Davies | June 4, 2021 | Digiday
The same goes for forced or coercive sterilization of women with disabilities, which is more common than people realize.
#YesAllWomen, but Not Really: How Feminism Leaves the Disabled Behind | Elizabeth Heideman | November 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMeaning, one was left to discern, that religion is self-evidently a coercive force for ill.
Karen Armstrong’s New Rule: Religion Isn’t Responsible for Violence | Patricia Pearson | October 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEarnest questions are raised over the coercive nature of police interrogations.
In some ways it was more coercive than normal political influence.
Imagining Prince Charles as King Makes All of Britain Wish They Could Leave Like Scotland | Clive Irving | September 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut these challenges pale in comparison to a coercive and centralized system that is vulnerable to abuse.
But for the most part property, contract and the coercive state were fundamental assumptions with the classicists.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockJohn Randolph, a sick man at the time, traveled throughout the country denouncing Jackson's coercive attitude.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyThe women in this case to have what I call the coercive option; for I would not have it in the man's power to be a dog neither.
Clarissa, Volume 6 (of 9) | Samuel RichardsonHowever, he explained more fully the meaning of "coercive and arbitrary" action.
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States | Selig PerlmanHad he been less blunt or coercive, had he employed a more honeyed appeal, she would not have felt so moved in his behalf.
Under the Rose | Frederic Stewart Isham
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