Synonyms for coercion
koʊˈɜr ʃənco·er·cion

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1. coercionnoun

   the act of compelling by force of authority

   Synonyms:
   compulsion

2. compulsion, coercionnoun

   using force to cause something to occur

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

   Synonyms:
   irresistible impulse, obsession, compulsion

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1. coercionnoun

   Synonyms:
   restraint, check, curb

2. coercionnoun

   Synonyms:
   compulsion, constraint

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1. coercionnoun

   Synonyms:
   compulsion, restraint, force, repression, constraint

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1. List of paraphrases for "coercion":

   duress, compulsion, coercive, constraint, restraint, coercing, pressure, stress, enforcement, oppression

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How to use coercion in a sentence?

1. Yun Sun:

   Every time Taiwan does anything that China does n’t like, the Chinese react with their own military coercion.

2. The Michigan Republican:

   I've spent my entire career fighting for freedom in the Army and as a state legislator, yet Joe Biden wants to discard me because I oppose his coercive forced vaccination mandate, i believe individuals should be able to freely give their consent, without fear of retaliation or coercion before receiving the Covid vaccine.

3. Anthon St Maarten:

   We are not supposed to all be the same, feel the same, think the same, and believe the same. The key to continued expansion of our Universe lies in diversity, not in conformity and coercion. Conventionality is the death of creation.

4. John Venable:

   You’re watching the worst kind of coercion take place right now, if you take a gun and hold it to one of their family members, it’s, ‘Yeah, I’m going to fly that helicopter for you.’.

5. Albert Einstein:

   One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect on me that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me for an entire year.