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Definition of Coercions
1. coercion [n] - See also: coercion
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coercions
Literary usage of Coercions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lectures on the Ethics of T.H. Green, Mr. Herbert Spencer, and J. Martineau by Henry Sidgwick (1902)
"... derived from external authorities, and coercions, and approbations—religious,
political, or social,' which should rather be called pro-ethical. ..."
2. The Origin of Emotions: Version 1.0 by Mark Devon (2006)
"coercions add to your motivation, but only when necessary. Pleasing taste always
encourages you to eat. Hunger also encourages you to eat, but only when you ..."
3. Social Solutions in the Light of Christian Ethics by Thomas Cuming Hall (1910)
"For the religious man the coercions of life are personal. He has the same confidence
in the All-Father that the child has in the parent; ..."
4. Present Philosophical Tendencies: A Critical Survey of Naturalism, Idealism by Ralph Barton Perry (1912)
"They may not in any given case be sufficient, but so far as they go they have a
peculiar validity. "Between the coercions ..."
5. Construction Construed, and Constitutions Vindicated by John Taylor (1820)
"... union by coercions of opinion as to this affair, is as preposterous as the
exploded idea of consolidating religion, by legal coercions upon conscience. ..."
6. Memoirs and Correspondence of Viscount Castlereagh, Second Marquess of by Robert Stewart Castlereagh (1849)
"How would the whole mass of the Dissenters feel, who would not only be apprehensive
of still more violent coercions, but who, even from this coercion, ..."
7. Community Corrections in America: New Directions & Sounder Investments for edited by Arthur J. Lurigio (1999)
"We need to be concerned that we are not merely replacing the somewhat discredited
coercions of the mental health system with the more effectively insulated ..."
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