coercitiveadj.n.
/kəʊˈəːsɪtɪv/ A. adj.
1. = coercive adj. 1 ? Obsolete.
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society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [adjective]
strainable1483
compellatory?a1562
coactive1593
inforcive1596
enforcive1598
coercivea1600
constraining1602
constraintive1602
pulsive1602
compulsive1604
compulsatory1610
compellinga1616
compulsativea1616
compulsory1631
coercitive1632
coactinga1641
enforcinga1657
coercent1660
imposing1665
cogent1672
compellent1847
high-pressured1868
coercionary1884
steamroller1896
1632 C. Downing State Eccl. Kingdom (1634) 41 That jurisdiction whereby hee doth exercise..his corrective, coercitive, coactive power.
1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy (1647) 39 If he had not had coercitive jurisdiction to have punish't his delinquency.
1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium II. iii. ii. §1 Without a coercitive power there can be no government.
2. coercitive force n. see coercive adj. 4.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > magnetism > [noun] > phenomena of attraction > hypothetical force
coercive force1827
coercitive force1864
1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.
1866 R. M. Ferguson Electricity 7 Steel..has a force which, in the first instance, resists the assumption of magnetism; and, when assumed, resists its withdrawal. This is called the coercitive force.
1879 G. B. Prescott Speaking Telephone (new ed.) 122 The transmission of the discontinuous current produces sound..in different degrees for each, depending on the coercitive force that opposes the phenomenon.
= coercive n. Obsolete. rare.
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society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [noun] > agency or means of
compulsorya1513
screw1618
wrench1622
compulsive1638
coercitive1651
coercive1651
enforcive1686
persuader1788
steamroller1896
1651 Bp. J. Taylor Serm. (1850) i. 7 Of these as man can take no cognizance, so he can make no coercitive.
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