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Coercion vs Noncoercive - What's the difference?

coercion | noncoercive |

As a noun coercion

is (not countable) actual]] or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of [[coerce|coercing.

As an adjective noncoercive is

not coercive; free of coercion.

coercion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (not countable) Actual]] or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of [[coerce, coercing.
  • (legal, not countable) Use of physical or moral force to compel a person to do something, or to abstain from doing something, thereby depriving that person of the exercise of free will.
  • (countable) A specific instance of coercing.
  • (computing, countable) Conversion of a value of one data type to a value of another data type.

    • Related terms

    * coerce * coercer * coercible

    References

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    noncoercive

    English

    Alternative forms

    *non-coercive

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not coercive; free of coercion
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    Derived terms

    *noncoercively