Coercion

//koʊˈɜːʃən//

Synonyms for "coercion" (26 found)

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More specific

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Antonyms

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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derived

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derived from

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etymologically related_to

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has context

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is a

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related to

13 entries

Translations

108 translations across 48 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • shtrëngim noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)

Arabic

4 entries
  • إرْغَام noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)
  • إِجْبَار noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)
  • إِكْرَاه noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)
  • إِكْرَاه noun (use of force to compel)

Armenian

2 entries
  • բռնադատում noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)
  • հարկադրում noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • пры́мус noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • насилие noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)
  • принуда noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)

Catalan

2 entries
  • coerció noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)
  • coerció noun (instance of coercing)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 威迫 noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)
  • 強迫 /强迫 noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)

Czech

1 entries
  • donucení noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)

Danish

1 entries
  • tvang noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)

Dutch

1 entries
  • dwang noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • altipigo noun (computing: conversion of a value of one data type to another)

Estonian

2 entries
  • sund noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)
  • sundimine noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)

Finnish

4 entries
  • pakko noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)
  • pakkokeino noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)
  • pakottaminen noun (use of force to compel)
  • pakottaminen noun (instance of coercing)

French

2 entries
  • coercition noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)
  • coercition noun (computing: conversion of a value of one data type to another)

Galician

3 entries
  • coerción noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)
  • coerción noun (use of force to compel)
  • coerción noun (instance of coercing)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ძალდატანება noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)

German

2 entries
  • Nötigung noun (use of force to compel)
  • Zwang noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)

Greek

4 entries
  • εξαναγκασμός noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)
  • εξαναγκασμός noun (use of force to compel)
  • εξαναγκασμός noun (instance of coercing)
  • καταπίεση noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • כפייה noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)

Hindi

3 entries
  • ज़ोर-जबरदस्ती noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)
  • ज़ोर-जबरदस्ती noun (use of force to compel)
  • प्रपीड़न noun (use of force to compel)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • konverzió noun (computing: conversion of a value of one data type to another)
  • kényszer noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)
  • kényszerítés noun (use of force to compel)
  • kényszerítés noun (instance of coercing)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • paksaan noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)

Italian

1 entries
  • coercizione noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 威圧 noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)
  • 強制 noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)
  • 強迫 noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)

Khmer

4 entries
  • ការបង្ខិតបង្ខំ noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)
  • ការបង្ខិតបង្ខំ noun (use of force to compel)
  • ការបង្ខិតបង្ខំ noun (instance of coercing)
  • ការសង្កត់សង្កិន noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)

Korean

2 entries
  • 강압 noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)
  • 강제 noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)

Latin

2 entries
  • coactus noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)
  • coactus noun (use of force to compel)

Latvian

2 entries
  • piespiešana noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)
  • spiediens noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • prievarta noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)
  • privertimas noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • принуда noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • албадлага noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)

Māori

1 entries
  • uruhanga noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • tvang noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)

Occitan

1 entries
  • coercicion noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)

Polish

1 entries
  • przymus noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • coação noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)
  • coerção noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)
  • coerção noun (use of force to compel)

Romanian

2 entries
  • coercitare noun (use of force to compel)
  • coerciție noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)

Russian

4 entries
  • наси́лие noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)
  • приведение noun (computing: conversion of a value of one data type to another)
  • принужде́ние noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)
  • принужде́ние noun (use of force to compel)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • ceannsachadh noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)
  • ceannsachadh noun (use of force to compel)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • prinuda noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)
  • prinuda noun (instance of coercing)
  • prisila noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)
  • prisila noun (use of force to compel)

Slovak

2 entries
  • donútenie noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)
  • prinútenie noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)

Slovene

1 entries
  • prisila noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)

Spanish

1 entries
  • coerción noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)

Swedish

2 entries
  • betvingande noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)
  • tvång noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)

Turkish

3 entries
  • cebir noun (use of force to compel)
  • icbar noun (use of force to compel)
  • zorlama noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • при́мус noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • sự ép buộc noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • צוואַנג noun (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

If you don't listen to us, we will have to resort to coercion.

Source: tatoeba (1929)

Leadership by coercion would not produce the results we see.

Source: tatoeba (329258)

Certainly there are downsides to leadership by coercion and force.

Source: tatoeba (329259)

An unconditional love is love without coercion.

Source: tatoeba (366490)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.