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coercive - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'coercive' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Coercive [ a.]
- Serving or intended to coerce; having power to constrain.

Meaning of 'coercive' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . coercive [ s]
Meaning (1):
- serving or intended to coerce
Example in sentence:
  • authority is directional instead of coercive

Nearby Words:

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