HOW TO PRONOUNCE
coercion
/koʊˈɝʃən/
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koh-UR-shun: begin the last syllable with sh.
The main stress falls on the r-colored middle vowel. A voiced zh, as in “vision,” is also recorded in place of sh.
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“The witness said the agreement had been obtained through coercion.”
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Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗What does coercion mean?
noun
- Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.
- 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.
- A specific instance of coercing.
More meanings (3)
noun
- Conversion of a value of one data type to a value of another data type.
- The process by which the meaning of a word or other linguistic element is reinterpreted to match the grammatical context.
- The initiation or threat of conflict; aggression.
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IPA pronunciation
/koʊˈɝʃən/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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See this word in context.
Activity carried on under conditions of external pressure or coercion is not carried on for any significance attached to the doing.
Productive work for children has the advantage that its discipline is the discipline of impersonal necessity, not that of wanton personal coercion.
More book examples (3)
I had known, from the time when I could speak, that my sister, in her capricious and violent coercion, was unjust to me.
But arising from whatever reason the act of government is coercive and is burdened with all the coarse and painful qualities of coercion.
Among all these different views, the one which raises the deepest issue is the Anarchist contention that all coercion by the community is unnecessary.