intimidation

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin as if *intimidatio, from intimidare (“to intimidate”); see intimidate.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

intimidation (plural intimidations)

1. The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated; as, the voters were kept from the polls by intimidation.

Related terms

• intimidate
• intimidating
• intimidatingly

Translations

act of making timid or fearful

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 恐嚇 (cmn), 恐吓 (cmn) (kǒnghè), 威嚇 (cmn), 威吓 (cmn) (wēihè), 脅迫 (cmn), 胁迫 (cmn) (xiépò)

• Czech: zastrašování (cs) n
• Dutch: intimidatie (nl)
• Finnish: pelottelu (fi)

• French: intimidation (fr) f
• German: Einschüchterung (de) f
• Japanese: 脅迫 (ja) (きょうはく, kyōhaku), 脅威 (ja) (きょうい, kyōi), 恫喝 (ja) (どうかつ, dōkatsu)
• Russian: запугивание (ru) (zapúgivanije) n, устрашение (ru) (ustrašénije) n
• Telugu: బెదిరింపు (bedirimpu)

References

• intimidation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• intimidation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913