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单词 coercive
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coerciveadj.n.

Brit. /kəʊˈəːsɪv/, U.S. /koʊˈərsɪv/
Forms: Also 1600s coersive.
Etymology: irregularly < coerce v. + -ive suffix, by association with words in -ive formed on participial stems in s, as aspersive, aversive, conversive; Littré cites < French coercif of 16th cent., but coercitif is the recognized form in French.
A. adj.
1. Of the nature of coercion; having the attribute of coercing.
ΘΚΠ
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
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > magnetism > [adjective] > relating to former ideas
magnetical1626
coercive1836
photomagnetic1858
a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie vii. iii, in Wks. (1662) 6 Power..coercive over other Ministers.
1647 T. May Hist. Parl. iii. i. 5 The King..had taken a more harsh and coercive way.
1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey III. xi. 360 Twelve moons the foe the captive youth detains In painful dungeons, and coercive chains.
1836 D. W. Harvey in Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 32 22 If..it was necessary to resort to coercive legislation, in order to make men religious?
1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. 92 A coercive police..who would have held down the people while they learnt their lesson by starvation.
1880 W. E. Forster Let. Gladstone 25 Oct. Should we accompany our coercive measure by any counter-bill?
1881 Mrs. P. O'Donoghue Ladies on Horseback ii. iv. 59 [A rider] adopting coercive measures for his own safety.
2. Compelling assent or belief, convincing.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > act of convincing, conviction > [adjective]
forcible1573
convincent1613
proofful1631
convictive1634
convincible1647
coercive1650
convincivea1657
evident1709
convincing1749
psychagogical1822
psychagogic1846
1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iii. 369 I see no coercive argument, to enforce his beliefe to the contrary, can be taken out of Scripture.
1728 Pope's Dunc. i. 104 (note) His reasons for this Fury..are so strong and so coercive.
1755 B. Martin Mag. Arts & Sci. 27 The next Phænomenon..is equally coercive, if Men would reflect or attend to it at all.
3. Having the power of physical pressure or compression. Cf. coercion n. 3.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > [adjective]
squizing1565
coercive1650
retortive1651
enforcinga1657
squeezinga1687
1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 21 Free from the coercive power of head-bands and other artificial violence.
1679 J. Newburgh in J. Evelyn Pomona in Sylva (ed. 3) 392 It may seem incredible that so thin a skin should be more coercive to a mutinous Liquor, than a Barrel.
1712 R. Blackmore Creation i. 15 All things on the Surface spread, are bound By their Coercive Vigour to the ground!
4. coercive force n. the hypothetical force in a magnetic substance which resists the separation of the two magnetic ‘fluids’, and which resists their reunion when they have been separated.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > magnetism > [noun] > phenomena of attraction > hypothetical force
coercive force1827
coercitive force1864
1827 J. Cumming Man. Electro Dynamics iv. 168 That resistance to a change in the direction of the particles, which, in the common theory of magnetism, is termed its coercive force.
1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 288/1 A nonconducting energy, called the coercive power, exists in magnetic substances, by which the loss of magnetism when developed is prevented..This is not the case with soft iron, which has not the coercive force.
1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (ed. 6) I. xv. 407 Philosophers have been obliged to infer the existence of a special force..They call it coercive force.
1962 D. R. Corson & P. Lorrain Introd. Electromagn. Fields vii. 282 The magnitude of the magnetic field intensity H at this point is known as the coercive force.
B. n.
A coercive means or measure.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [noun] > agency or means of
compulsorya1513
screw1618
wrench1622
compulsive1638
coercitive1651
coercive1651
enforcive1686
persuader1788
steamroller1896
1651 Bp. J. Taylor Serm. (1678) 12 His tribunal takes cognisance of all causes, and hath a coercive for all.
1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino Pref. p. xx They..would push upon Coercives..and make equal Restraints upon their Fellow Christians.
1822 ‘P. Beauchamp’ Anal. Infl. Nat. Relig. i. 18 No known apprehension will act as a sufficient coercive upon his mind.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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