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Vinony

coercive

adjective

  1. relating to or being persuasive (often by unethical methods)
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kəʊˈɜː(ɹ)sɪv/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English coerce Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English coercive From coerce + -ive.

  1. Displaying a tendency or intent to coerce.

    “The Bush administration is studying options for military strikes against Iran as part of a broader strategy of coercive diplomacy to pressure Tehran to abandon its alleged nuclear development program, according to U.S. officials and independent analysts.”

  2. Such that the ratio of |F(x)| to x approaches infinity as x approaches infinity.