coercion

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noun

Plural noun:

coercionscoersioncoërcion

1.
(uncountable)Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.
2.
(uncountable)(law, uncountable) 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.
3.
(countable)A specific instance of coercing.
4.
(countable)(programming, countable) Conversion of a value of one data type to a value of another data type.
5.
(countable, uncountable)(linguistics, semantics) The process by which the meaning of a word or other linguistic element is reinterpreted to match the grammatical context.
6.
(countable, uncountable)(libertarianism) The initiation or threat of conflict; aggression.

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noncoercion

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro 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.