Coercion is the act or process of persuading someone forcefully to do something that they do not want to do.
It was vital that the elections should be free of coercion or intimidation.
Synonyms: force, pressure, threats, bullying More Synonyms of coercion
coercion in British English
(kəʊˈɜːʃən)
noun
1.
the act or power of coercing
2.
government by force
Derived forms
coercionist (coˈercionist)
noun
coercive (kəʊˈɜːsɪv)
adjective
coercively (coˈercively)
adverb
coerciveness (coˈerciveness)
noun
coercion in American English
(koʊˈɜrʃən; koʊˈɜrʒən)
noun
1.
the act or power of coercing
2.
government by force
Word origin
L coercio
Examples of 'coercion' in a sentence
coercion
She has pleaded not guilty and lodged a defence of marital coercion.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
She denies the charge and has lodged a defence of marital coercion.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Her defence was the very unusual one of marital coercion.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
We will raise the standard of freedom from all religious coercion and intimidation of any kind.
Christianity Today (2000)
Physical coercion is a power of diminishing returns.
Bethune, Helen Positive Parent Power (1991)
You will not need to use coercion.
Bethune, Helen Positive Parent Power (1991)
It informs the driver that he has been saved from the agents of government coercion commonly known as parking attendants.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
She intends to claim marital coercion.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
She pleaded not guilty, claiming marital coercion.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Economic domination may be preferable to naked force or bureaucratic coercion, but it is domination just the same.
Low, Nicholas Politics, Planning and the State (1990)
It would also strengthen the powers of police to protect women from coercion and intimidation and underline that of courts to set aside discriminatory rulings.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
In other languages
coercion
British English: coercion NOUN
Coercion is the act or process of persuading someone forcefully to do something that they do not want to do.
It was vital that the elections should be free of coercion or intimidation.
American English: coercion
Brazilian Portuguese: coerção
Chinese: 胁迫
European Spanish: coacción
French: contrainte
German: Zwang
Italian: coercizione
Japanese: 強制
Korean: 강요
European Portuguese: coerção
Latin American Spanish: coacción
(noun)
It was vital that the elections should be free of coercion or intimidation.
Synonyms
force
calls for the siege to be ended by force
pressure
He may be putting pressure on her to agree.
threats
bullying
constraint
People are not morally responsible for that which they do under constraint or compulsion.
intimidation
an inquiry into allegations of intimidation
compulsion
Students learn more when they are in classes out of choice rather than compulsion.
duress
Her confession had been made under duress.
browbeating
strong-arm tactics (informal)
Additional synonyms
in the sense of compulsion
Definition
compelling or being compelled
Students learn more when they are in classes out of choice rather than compulsion.
Synonyms
force,
pressure,
obligation,
constraint,
urgency,
coercion,
duress,
demand
in the sense of constraint
People are not morally responsible for that which they do under constraint or compulsion.
Synonyms
force,
pressure,
necessity,
restraint,
compulsion,
coercion
in the sense of duress
Definition
physical or moral pressure used to force someone to do something