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What does coercive mean?

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Adjective
  1. Displaying a tendency or intent to coerce.
  2. (mathematics) Such that the ration of |F(x)| to x approaches infinity as x approaches infinity.
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The coercive land collectivization in the 1950s was the topic of Bulgarian films by Docho Bodzhakov and Evgueny Mikhailov.
The British found that night bombing and incendiaries greatly increased their coercive power.
Most people believe that children should be spared from coercive power dynamics.
Thus, values and norms were imposed through coercive instruments rather than consensus.
It deals with truth and error, with behavior towards co-religionists and religious opponents, and with the coercive power of the state.
The threat of force is sometimes a necessary component of coercive diplomacy.

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