coercive
[koh-ur-siv]
- serving or tending to coerce.
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Origin of coercive
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for coercive
Contemporary Examples
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 BehindElizabeth Heideman
November 24, 2014
Meaning, one was left to discern, that religion is self-evidently a coercive force for ill.
Earnest questions are raised over the coercive nature of police interrogations.
But these challenges pale in comparison to a coercive and centralized system that is vulnerable to abuse.
There is nothing left but the coercive apparatus of the state to keep patients and doctors in line.
Historical Examples
The Mohammadans say the angels exercise this coercive power.
The first is a coercive, the second a voluntary, organization.
Socialism As It IsWilliam English Walling
Coercive measures were at once brought forward in parliament.
Tea LeavesVarious
Nothing will stop them—neither reasoning nor coercive measures.
The Tiger-SlayerGustave Aimard
But they were under no coercive authority, and were even permitted to marry.
Medival Heresy and the InquisitionA. S. Turberville
Word Origin and History for coercive
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper