Definition for Coercion:

• the act of compelling by force of authority

Synonyms for Coercion:

• n.

  •
  • rage.
  •
  • strength,
  • violence,
  • attack.
  •act (noun)
  • coercion.
  •coercion (noun)
  • bullying,
  • strongarm tactics,
  • Browbeating,
  • direct action,
  • threats.
  •command (noun)
  • expertism,
  • knowhow,
  • primacy.
  •compulsion (noun)
  • motivation,
  • incitement,
  • stimulation,
  • urge,
  • propulsion,
  • obligation.
  •confinement (noun)
  • de limitation,
  • immurations,
  • boundings,
  • constrainments,
  • de limitations,
  • de-limitations,
  • de-limitation.
  •constraint (noun)
  • impellings,
  • no nos,
  • nono,
  • nonos,
  • no no's,
  • no no,
  • nono's,
  • a musts.
  •dictatorship (noun)
  • unlimited rule,
  • garrison state,
  • tyranny.
  •enforcement (noun)
  • compulsory laws,
  • ex-action,
  • ex action,
  • ex actions,
  • carrying outs,
  • fulfillings,
  • necessitations,
  • ex-actions,
  • enforcings.
  •force (noun)
  • de-termination,
  • horsepowers,
  • dynamisms,
  • full head steam,
  • constrait,
  • de termination,
  • impressivenesses,
  • in-tensity,
  • de terminations,
  • de-terminations,
  • constraits,
  • subjections,
  • what takes,
  • what it take,
  • what take,
  • in tensity,
  • validnesses.
  •grip (noun)
  • handhold,
  • crushings,
  • handclasp,
  • handshakes,
  • grapnels,
  • handgrips,
  • handholds,
  • grapnel,
  • handclasps,
  • handgrip,
  • handshake.
  •pressure (noun)
  • mis fortune,
  • un-naturalness,
  • dis tress,
  • un naturalness,
  • un naturalnesses,
  • dis-tresses,
  • full court presses,
  • dis tresses,
  • mis-fortunes,
  • dis-tress,
  • un-naturalnesses,
  • mis fortunes.
  •restraint (noun)
  • self-government,
  • withholdings,
  • self-discipline.
  •scare tactics (noun)
  • armtwisting,
  • terrorizations,
  • scare-tactics,
  • armtwistings,
  • arm-twistings,
  • bullyings,
  • strongarm tactic,
  • arm twisting,
  • strong arm tactic,
  • arm twistings.
  •tyranny (noun)
  • oligarchy,
  • high-handedness,
  • highhandedness,
  • imperiousness,
  • terrorism,
  • Peremptoriness,
  • Oligarchies.
  •violence (noun)
  • murderousness,
  • destructiveness,
  • brute force,
  • ferocities,
  • wildness,
  • storminess.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • bloodlust,
  • savagery,
  • thuggery,
  • full-court press,
  • saber rattling,
  • ferocity,
  • road rage,
  • barbarism.
  •
  • misrule,
  • restraint.
  •force
  • power.
  •tyranny
  • despotism.

Paraphrases for Coercion:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    coercive.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    compulsion, duress, coercive.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    dictates, oppression, repression, suppression, imposition, forcible, stress, stresses, Forcing, limitation, obligation, interference.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    constraint.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    intimidation, extortion, pressure, violence, force, blackmail, constraint.

Antonyms for Coercion:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    approval, permission, persuasion, suasion, convincing, consent, reason, agreement.

Coercion Sentence Examples:

• Trouble broke out in Ireland, and in January 1881 Parliament was summoned to pass Mr. Forster's Coercion Act.

• But for positive doctrine, for keen appreciation, for persuasive action on the wills of others, they are at a disadvantage, at all events in England, where logic does not enter into the national religious system, and the mind is apt to resent conviction as if it were a kind of coercion.

Hypernym for Coercion:

• n.

  • act
    eviction, terror, constructive eviction.

Hyponym for Coercion:

• n.

  • act
    causing, enforcement, causation.