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单词 coercive
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Definition of coercive in English:

coercive

adjective kəʊˈəːsɪvkoʊˈərsɪv
  • Relating to or using force or threats.

    强迫的;胁迫的

    coercive measures

    强制措施。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Commonwealth has no military force, or coercive power apart from suspension and expulsion.
    • Thus, values and norms were imposed through coercive instruments rather than consensus.
    • He is the leading advocate of the superiority of voluntary or spontaneous forces over coercive ones.
    • How can you say we are more coercive when you have never spoken to us?
    • The threat of force is sometimes a necessary component of coercive diplomacy.
    • Most people believe that children should be spared from coercive power dynamics.
    • Welfare recipients are to face new coercive measures to force them into workfare or to accept cheap labor jobs.
    • What we have here is the government using its coercive power over prisoners for commercial advantage.
    • There has been an increasing acknowledgment that assimilation could have a coercive element to it.
    • Language is a good example of the coercive nature of conventions.
    • It seems to often assume that power is coercive only if exercised by the State.
    • For coercive diplomacy to succeed, the demands made of the targeted government need to be precise, limited and deliverable.
    • Thus, a monarch with absolute power must take coercive control over an otherwise savage society either by mutual consent or by force.
    • This is a movie with a distinct and startling cinematic language, but with uncomfortably coercive mannerisms.
    • At that point, any exercise of the state's coercive powers fails to respect the essentials of our humanity.
    • The family soon experienced the coercive recruiting tactics of the government forces.
    • We object only when planners promote coercive schemes and claim they offer benefits they do not.
    • His emphasis on the coercive and controlling aspects of the state evoked the Stalin legacy.
    • The coercive diplomacy that could yet lead to the dictator's disarmament or his disposal by his own side must be pursued.
    • The inescapable evils of coercive behavior are not unique to government.
    Synonyms
    overbearing, authoritarian, imperious, high-handed, high and mighty, autocratic, autarchic

Derivatives

  • coercively

  • adverb
    • It is controversial which of these ideals, if any, are morally acceptable, and which, if any, should be coercively enforced as requirements of justice.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • There are only two ways of getting what you want from others: voluntarily or coercively.
      • If it becomes very powerful, we're going to find that it may use its power either directly or coercively.
      • This has become such a coercively powerful myth that it is now beyond all dissection or analysis.
      • These technologies can be used coercively in a way polygraphs, for example, can't.
  • coerciveness

  • noun kəʊˈəːsɪvnəskoʊˈərsɪvnəs
    • Like laugh tracks, they cue our emotional responses, but they also disguise their coerciveness by making us feel included.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Coerciveness has long been used for social control in rituals such as union blackballing, college hazing, excommunication and corporal punishment.
      • As their problems have increased, so the police have moved higher up the scale of coerciveness in their menu of tactics.
      • She did not think that there would be any control and manipulation or coerciveness, she went in, signed the papers, thinking it was the right thing to do.
      • Essentially, these are influence tools of differing coerciveness.

Rhymes

cursive, excursive, subversive

Definition of coercive in US English:

coercive

adjectivekōˈərsivkoʊˈərsɪv
  • Relating to or using force or threats.

    强迫的;胁迫的

    coercive measures

    强制措施。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It seems to often assume that power is coercive only if exercised by the State.
    • The family soon experienced the coercive recruiting tactics of the government forces.
    • The Commonwealth has no military force, or coercive power apart from suspension and expulsion.
    • How can you say we are more coercive when you have never spoken to us?
    • Welfare recipients are to face new coercive measures to force them into workfare or to accept cheap labor jobs.
    • At that point, any exercise of the state's coercive powers fails to respect the essentials of our humanity.
    • What we have here is the government using its coercive power over prisoners for commercial advantage.
    • His emphasis on the coercive and controlling aspects of the state evoked the Stalin legacy.
    • Thus, values and norms were imposed through coercive instruments rather than consensus.
    • There has been an increasing acknowledgment that assimilation could have a coercive element to it.
    • Thus, a monarch with absolute power must take coercive control over an otherwise savage society either by mutual consent or by force.
    • The coercive diplomacy that could yet lead to the dictator's disarmament or his disposal by his own side must be pursued.
    • The threat of force is sometimes a necessary component of coercive diplomacy.
    • The inescapable evils of coercive behavior are not unique to government.
    • We object only when planners promote coercive schemes and claim they offer benefits they do not.
    • He is the leading advocate of the superiority of voluntary or spontaneous forces over coercive ones.
    • For coercive diplomacy to succeed, the demands made of the targeted government need to be precise, limited and deliverable.
    • Language is a good example of the coercive nature of conventions.
    • This is a movie with a distinct and startling cinematic language, but with uncomfortably coercive mannerisms.
    • Most people believe that children should be spared from coercive power dynamics.
    Synonyms
    overbearing, authoritarian, imperious, high-handed, high and mighty, autocratic, autarchic
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