Meaning

2 senses
  1. Displaying a tendency or intent to coerce.

    zwingend

    принудительныйprinuditelʹnyj, принуждающийprinuždajuščij

    serving or intended to coerce

  2. Such that the ratio of |F(x)| to x approaches infinity as x approaches infinity.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Consent can't exist in coercive situations.

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  2. The police used coercive techniques when questioning suspects.

    deDie Polizei wendete bei der Befragung von Verdächtigen Zwangsmittel an.

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  3. Capitalism is coercive.

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  4. Shanghaiing is a practice from the mid-19th Northwest United States that consisted of conscripting men as sailors by coercive techniques.

    deSchanghaien ist eine Praktik, die aus den nordwestlichen Vereinigten Staaten der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts stammt und darin bestand, Seeleute unter Gewaltandrohung zwangszurekrutieren.

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  5. Congress and committees of Congress of course impeded the executive when there was no coercive public sentiment to check and rule them.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
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Deutsch
By meaning 1
displaying a tendency to coerce:

Forms

more coercive, most coercive
Comparativemore coercive Lesson
Superlativemost coercive Lesson

regular

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
coercive — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto