coercive

English

Etymology

From coerce +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəʊˈɜː(ɹ)sɪv/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Adjective

coercive (comparative more coercive, superlative most coercive)

1. Displaying a tendency or intent to coerce.
   • 2006 July 19, Post Staff Writers, “U.S. Is Studying Military Strike Options on Iran”, in Washington Post, Washington, page A01:

     The Bush administration is studying options for military strikes against Iran as part of a broader strategy of coercive diplomacy to pressure Tehran to abandon its alleged nuclear development program, according to U.S. officials and independent analysts.

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

Derived terms

• coercive citation
• coercive control
• coercive force
• discoercive
• semicoercive

 

Translations

displaying a tendency to coerce

• Azerbaijani: məcburi
• Bulgarian: принудителен (bg) (prinuditelen)
• Catalan: coercitiu
• Czech: donucovací, vynucovací
• Finnish: painostus- (fi)
• French: coercif (fr), coercitif (fr)
• Galician: coercitivo
• German: zwingend (de)
• Italian: coercitivo (it)
• Portuguese: coercivo (pt), coercitivo (pt)
• Russian: принудительный (ru) (prinuditelʹnyj), принуждающий (ru) (prinuždajuščij)
• Spanish: coercitivo (es)
• Turkish: zorlayıcı (tr)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.ɛʁ.siv/
• Homophone: coercives

Adjective

coercive

1. feminine singular of coercif