Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

incoercible

American  
[in-koh-ur-suh-buhl] / ˌɪn koʊˈɜr sə bəl /

adjective

  1. incapable of being coerced or compelled.

  2. Physics. (of a gas) incapable of being reduced to a liquid form by pressure.

incoercible British  
/ ˌɪnkəʊˈɜːsəbəl /

adjective

  1. unable to be coerced or compelled

  2. (of a gas) not capable of being liquefied by pressure alone

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of incoercible

First recorded in 1700–10; in- 3 + coercible ( def. )

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

How, then, is it possible to affirm the reality of an invisible, impalpable, incoercible being, ever changing, ever vanishing, impenetrable to thought alone, to which it exhibits only its disguises?

From System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.