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adj- Capable of being pressured, forced, or intimidated.

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Usage examples (9)
  • Verb (used with object), : They coerced him into signing the document. ,to coerce obedience. ,The state is based on successfully coercing the individual
  • If there were a coercible allocation of resources more efficient than CDSs or earthquake insurance, how would you know?
  • In the Feyerabend lectures, Kant notes that right is the subset of morally correct actions that are also coercible (27: 1327).
  • This version of deontology is aptly labeled Libertarian in that it cannot accommodate any strong (that is, enforceable or coercible) duty to aid others.
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