Meaning and example
the act of compelling by force of authority
The passage used "coercion" to mean the act of compelling by force of authority.
Plain-English interpretation
A prevalence score of 1.243 places coercion in the uncommon range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 89.7% of people in the source dataset.
Related words
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Similar-prevalence words
facetiousUncommon
- Known by
- 89.6%
cleverly amusing in tone
conciliatoryUncommon
- Known by
- 89.6%
making or willing to make concessions
magnanimousUncommon
- Known by
- 89.6%
noble and generous in spirit
artificeUncommon
- Known by
- 89.6%
a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
confluenceUncommon
- Known by
- 89.5%
a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
Source attribution
Brysbaert, M., Mandera, P., McCormick, S. F., & Keuleers, E. (2019). Word prevalence norms for 62,000 English lemmas. Behavior Research Methods, 51, 467-479.
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