Word of the Day:
coerce
What It Means
To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.
To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will.
To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.
They coerced their children into going to the country park.
Coerce in Context
“A woman who freely engages in any of these activities, or who rejects anti-porn dogma, is thought to be coerced, brainwashed, an apologist of the patriarchy or a "social man." A woman who agrees that she has been coerced into one of these activities will be honored by anti-porners. The opinions of...”
Did You Know?
From Latin coërceō (“to surround, encompass, restrain, control, curb”), from co- (“together”) + arceō (“to inclose, confine, keep off”).
Source and license
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