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  1. COERCIVE definition: 1. using force to persuade people to do things that they are unwilling to do: 2. using force to…. Learn more.

    • Traditional

      COERCIVE translate: 強制的,強迫的;脅迫的. Learn more in the Cambridge...

    • Simplified

      COERCIVE translate: 强制的,强迫的;胁迫的. Learn more in the Cambridge...

  2. The meaning of COERCIVE is serving or intended to coerce. How to use coercive in a sentence.

  3. Coercive definition: serving or tending to coerce. . See examples of COERCIVE used in a sentence.

  4. Coerce definition: to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition. See examples of COERCE used in a sentence.

  5. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Coercive measures are intended to force people to do something that they do not want to do. ...increasingly coercive measures on the part of the state. The eighteenth-century Admiralty had few coercive powers over its officers.

  6. The meaning of COERCE is to compel to an act or choice. How to use coerce in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Coerce.

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  8. The earliest known use of the word coercive is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for coercive is from before 1600, in the writing of Richard Hooker, theologian and philosopher.

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