coercion

Significado (Inglés)

1. (uncountable) Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.
2. (uncountable) 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.
3. (countable) A specific instance of coercing.
4. (countable) Conversion of a value of one data type to a value of another data type.
5. (countable, uncountable) The process by which the meaning of a word or other linguistic element is reinterpreted to match the grammatical context.
6. (countable, uncountable) The initiation or threat of conflict; aggression.

Conceptos

coerción

coacción

fuerza

obligación

presión

compulsión

Sinónimos

compulsion

constraint

force

pressure

use of force

duress

intimidation

obligation

enforcement

oppression

quelling

repression

violence

forbearance

hold

impel

imposition

influence

manipulation

menace

might

necessitation

overcome

powerfulness

predestination

press

regulation

restraint

rule

squeezing

subjugation

suppress

suppression

terrorism

threat

coene

subdual

government

stress

supervision

arbitrariness

high-handed action

bidding

browbeating

charge

chastisement

command

compel

dictation

direction

Traducciones

coercition

coercizione

Zwang

Nötigung

contrainte

coerção

εξαναγκασμός

coacção

coerció

dwang

جبر

coacció

pression

قهر

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/koʊˈɜːʃən/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: cohercioun

In summary

Inherited from Middle English cohercioun, from Old French cohercion, from Latin coërcitiō (“magisterial coercion”), from past participle coercitus of coërceō (“to restrain, coerce”), from co- (“with”) + arceō (“to shut in, enclose”); see coerce.