coercive
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- coercively adverb
- coerciveness noun
- noncoercive adjective
- noncoercively adverb
- noncoerciveness noun
Etymology
Origin of coercive
Example Sentences
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A sudden blow to the state's coercive machinery could shift the domestic balance in unpredictable ways.
From BBC
She argued his own admissions weren’t truthful because he was subjected to coercive interview tactics by the LAPD.
From Los Angeles Times
She won a thumping victory in a national election Sunday, a victory that analysts say shows the limitations of Beijing’s coercive measures in affecting domestic politics.
Through this journey of self-exploration I have come to realize how coercive gender-identity ideology was for me, disguising harm as compassion.
Ahead of sentencing, Amnesty International had called on Pakistan to end "coercive tactics used to silence dissent and intimidate those who defend human rights".
From BBC
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