coercion

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 References

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

< Latin coercio (“‘a restraining, coercing’”) < coercere, pp. coercitus (“‘to restrain, coerce’”); see coerce.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /koʊˈɜrʒən/, IPA: /koʊˈɜrʃən/

[edit] 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.

[edit] Related terms

• coerce
• coercer
• coercible

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[edit] 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