coercion

Other forms of coercion

plural

coercions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about coercion

What does coercion mean?

coercion means "the act of compelling by force of authority". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in coercion?

coercion has 3 syllables: co-er-cion. The stress falls on "er". In IPA it is /koʊˈɝʃən/.

What is another word for coercion?

Close synonyms include compulsion. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is coercion a common word?

coercion is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.