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coercion noun [ kəʊˈəːʃ(ə)n ]

• the practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats.
• "our problem cannot be solved by any form of coercion but only by agreement"
Similar: force, compulsion, constraint, duress, oppression, enforcement, harassment, intimidation, threats, insistence, demand, arm-twisting, pressure, pressurization, influence,
Opposite: persuasion,


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