coercive
adjective
serving or tending to coerce.
noncoercive
-
a word derived from
coercive.
Example Sentences
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They focused on talking about patient choice, talking about how their approaches are noncoercive and therefore not conversion therapy.
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2025
The money planned for new psychiatric facilities would be better spent on implementing noncoercive treatment models statewide.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2023
There are many people who want help but choose homelessness over such “care,” which is why many researchers advocate for noncoercive, supportive housing.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2023
The amendment would enshrine in law an executive order that President Obama signed in 2009 permitting only noncoercive interrogation methods.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2015
In 1976 two University of Montana sociologists, Robert Balch and David Taylor, located the nomads' wilderness camp and found it noncoercive but sometimes troubled by doubts.
From Time Magazine Archive
