Coercion — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the act of compelling by force of authority

using force to cause something to occur

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɹˈeɪnɪˌeɪts/

🇬🇧British English

/dɪsˌapɹəbˈeɪʃən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɪsˌapɹəbˈeɪʃən/

2 syllables Say it as /kɹˈeɪnɪˌeɪts/.

Examples

though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game
they didn't have to use coercion

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

compulsion

Parts of Speech

noun	the act of compelling by force of authority
noun	using force to cause something to occur “though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game”

Word Forms

coerce	verb	to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :
compel	verb	force somebody to do something

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Zwang

der Akt des Zwanges durch Autorität

🇫🇷French

coercition

l'acte de contraindre par la force de l'autorité

🇪🇸Spanish

coerción

el acto de obligar por la fuerza de la autoridad

🇮🇹Italian

coercizione

l’atto di imporre con la forza dell’autorità

🇳🇱Dutch

dwang

de daad van dwingen met kracht van autoriteit

🇵🇹Portuguese

coerção

o ato de obrigar pela força da autoridade

🇷🇺Russian

принуждение

акт принуждения силой власти

India

🇮🇳Hindi

दबाव

अधिकार के बल पर बाध्य करने की क्रिया

🇧🇩Bengali

জবরদস্তি

কর্তৃত্বের দ্বারা বাধ্য করার কাজ

🇮🇳Tamil

வற்புறுத்தல்

அதிகார பலத்தால் கட்டாயப்படுத்தும் செயல்

🇮🇳Telugu

బలవంతం

అధికార బలం ద్వారా బలవంతం చేసే చర్య

🇮🇳Marathi

जबरदस्ती

अधिकाराच्या बळावर सक्तीची कृती

🇮🇳Gujarati

બળજબરી

સત્તાના બળ દ્વારા ફરજ પાડવાનું કાર્ય

🇮🇳Kannada

ಬಲಾತ್ಕಾರ

ಅಧಿಕಾರದ ಬಲದಿಂದ ಬಲವಂತದ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

നിർബന്ധം

അധികാരത്തിൻ്റെ ബലത്താൽ നിർബന്ധിക്കുന്ന പ്രവൃത്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਜ਼ਬਰਦਸਤੀ

ਅਧਿਕਾਰ ਦੇ ਬਲ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਮਜਬੂਰ ਕਰਨ ਦਾ ਕੰਮ

🇵🇰Urdu

زبردستی

اختیار کی طاقت سے مجبور کرنے کا عمل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

强迫

以权威强制的行为

🇯🇵Japanese

強制

権力によって強制する行為

🇰🇷Korean

강제

직권으로 강요하는 행위

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự ép buộc

hành động cưỡng bức bằng vũ lực

🇹🇭Thai

การบีบบังคับ

การกระทำบังคับโดยอำนาจแห่งอำนาจ

🇮🇩Indonesian

paksaan

tindakan memaksa dengan kekuatan otoritas

🇵🇭Filipino

pamimilit

ang pagkilos ng pagpilit sa pamamagitan ng puwersa ng awtoridad

🇲🇾Malay

paksaan

perbuatan memaksa dengan kuasa kuasa

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الإكراه

فعل الإكراه بقوة السلطة

🇮🇷Persian

اجبار

عمل اجباری به زور قدرت

🇹🇷Turkish

zorlama

otoritenin zoruyla zorlama eylemi

🇮🇱Hebrew

כְּפִיָה

פעולת הכפייה בכוח הסמכות

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