adjective. Characterized by or inclined to coercion.

Having power to coerce, as by law, authority, or force; restraining; constraining.

noun. That which coerces; that which constrains or restrains.

adjective. Serving or intended to coerce; having power to constrain.

adjective. the power or force which in iron or steel produces a slowness or difficulty in imparting magnetism to it, and also interposes an obstacle to the return of a bar to its natural state when active magnetism has ceased. It plainly depends on the molecular constitution of the metal.

adjective. undefined

adjective. Displaying a tendency or intent to coerce.

adjective. serving or intended to coerce

"Among other things, they suggest that even now, under your government, there are what they call coercive measures by official agencies, including religious police organizations, that require Afghans to follow specific religious practices and require women to conform to stringent codes of dress, movement and behavior."

coercive force  

coercitive force  powerful  

discursive  dispersive  subversive  

authoritarian  autocratic  corrective  despotic  dictatorial  

compulsory