coercion
/koʊˈɝʒən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.
Uncountable
noun
Use of physical or moral force to compel a person to do something, or to abstain from doing something, thereby depriving that person of the exercise of free will.
Uncountable
noun
The process by which the meaning of a word or other linguistic element is reinterpreted to match the grammatical context.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "One of the primary objectives of the foreign policy of the United States is the creation of conditions in which we and other nations will be able to work out a way of life free from coercion."
- "But often the pieces of information do not fit together and have to be shifted in meaning to confirm with the rest of the sentence. These shifts are called coercion"
- "...a conversion of mass nouns into count readings according to sorter and portion coercion is only possible if the denotation of a mass noun already comprises minimal parts into which the noun can be subdivided."
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English cohercioun, from Old French cohercion, from Latin coërcitiō (“magisterial coercion”), from past participle coercitus of coërceō (“to restrain, coerce”), from co- (“with”) + arceō (“to shut in, enclose”); see coerce.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /koʊˈɝʒən/
- British English: /kəʊˈɜːʃən/