coercive

[koh-ur-siv]

adjective

1. serving or tending to coerce.

Other Word Forms

• coercively adverb
• coerciveness noun
• noncoercive adjective
• noncoercively adverb
• noncoerciveness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of coercive¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; coerce + -ive

Example Sentences

According to the people close to the White House’s dynamics, officials are now using the incident as a clear-cut example of China’s coercive tactics.

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On Wednesday the University of Virginia signed an agreement with the Justice Department that pauses all federal investigations against the school, without an enormous ransom or coercive new mandates.

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She said: "There is a fundamental lack of transparency and accountability when it comes to judges and magistrates recognising domestic abuse, recognising coercive control, and hearing child voices in the family court system."

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The Party’s anxiety reflects how quickly investor confidence and allied coordination hardened after the announcement, culminating in last week’s G-7 statement reaffirming unity against coercive trade practices.

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He was the deepest of deep-state creatures, building and hoarding that coercive state power for himself and deploying it for his own purposes.

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