coercion

English

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Etymology

From Latin coercitiō ("magesterial coercion"), from coercere, past participle coercitus (“to restrain, coerce”), from cum (“with”) + arceō ("to shut in, enclose"); see coerce.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /koʊˈɜrʒən/, IPA: /koʊˈɜrʃən/

Noun

coercion (plural coercions)

1. (not countable) Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.
2. (law, not countable) 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. (computing, countable) Conversion of a value of one data type to a value of another data type.

Related terms

• coerce
• coercer
• coercible

Translations

actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person

• Arabic: قهر (ar), قسر (ar), غصب (ar), عنت (ar), دفع (ar), جبر (ar), اِضْطِرار (ar), إِلْزام (ar), إِكْراه (ar), إرْغام (ar), إِجْبار (ar)
• Belarusian: прымус (be) (prýmus) m
• Bulgarian: принуда (bg) (prinuda), насилие (bg) (nasilie)
• Catalan: please add this translation if you can
• Cherokee: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 強迫 (cmn), 强迫 (cmn) (qiǎngpò), 威迫 (cmn) (wēipò)

• Czech: donucení (cs) n
• Danish: tvang (da)
• Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: dwang (nl) m
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: pakko (fi), pakkokeino (fi)
• French: coercition (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can

• German: Zwang (de) m
• Hebrew: כפייה (he) (kfi'a) f
• Italian: coercizione (it)
• Japanese: 強制 (ja) (kyōsei) (きょうせい), 威圧 (ja) (iatsu)(いあつ), 強迫 (ja) (きょうはく, kyōhaku)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: tvang (no)
• Polish: przymus (pl) m
• Portuguese: coacção (pt), coerção (pt)
• Russian: принуждение (ru) (prinuždénije) n, насилие (ru) (nasílije) n
• Scottish Gaelic: ceannsachadh (gd) m
• Spanish: coerción (es) f
• Swedish: betvingande (sv), tvång (sv) n
• Turkish: baskı (tr), zorlama (tr)
• Ukrainian: примус (uk) (prýmus) m
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can

use of force to compel

• Arabic: أَهَمِّيَّة (ar), وُجُوب (ar)
• Finnish: pakottaminen (fi)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can

• Portuguese: coerção (pt) f
• Russian: принуждение (ru) (prinuždénije) n
• Scottish Gaelic: ceannsachadh (gd) m
• Turkish: cebir (tr), icbar (tr)

instance of coercing

• Finnish: pakottaminen (fi)

• Khmer: please add this translation if you can

computing: conversion of a value of one data type to another

• Finnish: pakottaminen (fi)

References

• “coercion” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• coercion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• coercion in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911