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Six example sentences with coercion, each labelled with its topic.
Observers said the vote was won by coercion, with officials warning employees they would lose their jobs otherwise.
Politics
Markets work by persuasion rather than coercion; nobody can force you to buy the bread at that price.
Economics
Kant separates a promise freely given from one produced by coercion, since only the first reflects a will of its own.
Philosophy
A contract signed under coercion is void, and the court threw out the deal once the threats were documented.
Law
The census was completed through coercion, with officials fining any village that failed to report its households.
History
Studies show that coercion produces obedience but not belief, and the pressured subjects reverted the moment it lifted.
Psychology
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