koersi

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From English coercion (regularisation from English -tion into Indonesian -si via Dutch -tie), from Old French cohercion, from Latin coercitiō (magisterial coercion), from coercere, past participle coercitus (to restrain, coerce), from cum (with) + arceō (to shut in, enclose).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [koˈɛrsi]
  • Hyphenation: ko‧èr‧si

Noun

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koersi (first-person possessive koersiku, second-person possessive koersimu, third-person possessive koersinya)

  1. (communication, sociology) coercion:
    1. actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.
    2. 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.

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