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coercion

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/kəʊˈɜːrʃən/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/koʊˈɝʃən/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(kō ûr′shən)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
co•er•cion /koʊˈɜrʃən/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]
  1. the act of coercing:a lot of coercion to make her cooperate.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
co•er•cion  (kō ûr′shən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the act of coercing;
    use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance.
  2. force or the power to use force in gaining compliance, as by a government or police force.
  • Latin as above
  • Middle French
  • Medieval Latin coerciōn- (stem of coerciō), Latin coerctiōn-, syncopated variant of coercitiōn-, equivalent. to coercit(us) (past participle of coercēre to coerce) + -iōn- -ion; replacing late Middle English cohercion
  • 1515–25
co•er′cion•ar•y, adj. 
co•er′cion•ist, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
coercion /kəʊˈɜːʃən/ n
  1. the act or power of coercing
  2. government by force
coercive /kəʊˈɜːsɪv/ adj coˈercively adv
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