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Coercive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Characterized by or inclined to coercion.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Displaying a tendency or intent to coerce.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Serving or intended to coerce; having power to constrain.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Having power to coerce, as by law, authority, or force; restraining; constraining.

n. That which coerces; that which constrains or restrains.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. serving or intended to coerce

Word Usage

"Among other things, they suggest that even now, under your government, there are what they call coercive measures by official agencies, including religious police organizations, that require Afghans to follow specific religious practices and require women to conform to stringent codes of dress, movement and behavior."

Equivalent

powerful coercitive force

Cross Reference

coercive force

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

compulsory

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

discursive dispersive subversive

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

dictatorial high-handed repressive despotic disciplinary restrictive stringent penal punitive authoritarian