coercive
adjective
serving or tending to coerce.
noncoercive
-
a word derived from
coercive.
Example Sentences
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The money planned for new psychiatric facilities would be better spent on implementing noncoercive treatment models statewide.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2023
Mitchell drew a distinction between interrogation and debriefing, which he said were noncoercive question and answer sessions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2020
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
Serious interrogators have little doubt that we would have gotten better information from KSM, and sooner, had the interrogations been conducted by professional interrogators using noncoercive techniques.
From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2010
At the same time, when you object to noncoercive conversion, it starts to look like the opposite of arrogance: theological insecurity.
From Time Magazine Archive
