Intimidation

//ɪntɪmɪˈdeɪʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated. countable, uncountable

    "It broadly includes all the people with specific recognition for none, and the highest consecration we can make today is a committal of the Republican party to that saving constitutionalism which contemplates all America as one people and holds just government free from influence on the one hand, and unmoved by intimidation on the other."

  2. 2
    the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something wordnet
  3. 3
    a communication that makes you afraid to try something wordnet
  4. 4
    the feeling of being intimidated; being made to feel afraid or timid wordnet
  5. 5
    the feeling of discouragement in the face of someone's superior fame or wealth or status etc. wordnet

Etymology

From intimidate + -ion. Compare French intimidation; perhaps modeled on it.

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