OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 22368

coercion

/koʊˈɜːʃən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
coerción
Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.
One of the primary objectives of the foreign policy of the United States is the creation of conditions in which we and other nations will be able to work out a way of life free fro…