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co⋅er⋅cive

[koh-ur-siv]

–adjective

serving or tending to coerce.

Origin:
1590–1600; coerce + -ive

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co·er·cive (kō-ûr'sĭv) Pronunciation Key
adj. Characterized by or inclined to coercion.
co·er'cive·ly adv., co·er'cive·ness n.

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coercive
adjective
serving or intended to coerce; "authority is directional instead of coercive"

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Main Entry: co·er·cive
Pronunciation: kO-'&r-siv
Function: adjective
1 : serving or intended to coerce
2 : resulting from coercion coercive intimacy —Kimberle Crenshaw>

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Coercive

Co*er"cive\, a. Serving or intended to coerce; having power to constrain. -- Co*er"cive*ly, adv. -- Co*er"cive*ness, n.

Coercive power can only influence us to outward practice. --Bp. Warburton.

Coercive or Coercitive force (Magnetism), the power or force which in iron or steel produces a slowness or difficulty in imparting magnetism to it, and also interposes an obstacle to the return of a bar to its natural state when active magnetism has ceased. It plainly depends on the molecular constitution of the metal. --Nichol.

The power of resisting magnetization or demagnization is sometimes called coercive force. --S. Thompson.

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