Compulsion vs. Coercion — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Compulsion and Coercion
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Compulsion
The action or state of forcing or being forced to do something; constraint
The payment was made under compulsion
Coercion
Coercion () is compelling a party to act in an involuntary manner by use of threats, including propaganda or force. It involves a set of various types of forceful actions that violate the free will of an individual to induce a desired response, for example: a bully demanding lunch money from a student or the student gets beaten.
Compulsion
An irresistible urge to behave in a certain way
He felt a compulsion to babble on about what had happened
Coercion
The act or practice of coercing.
Compulsion
The act of compelling.
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Coercion
Power or ability to coerce.
Compulsion
The state of being compelled.
Coercion
(uncountable) Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.
Compulsion
An irresistible impulse to act, regardless of the rationality of the motivation
"He felt an animal compulsion to flee the hotel and the city" (Paul Theroux).
Coercion
Use of physical or moral force to compel a person to do something, or to abstain from doing something, thereby depriving that person of the exercise of free will.
Compulsion
(Psychiatry) An act or ritual that a person feels compelled to perform repeatedly, often to reduce the distress caused by an obsession.
Coercion
(countable) A specific instance of coercing.
Compulsion
An irrational need or irresistible urge to perform some action, often despite negative consequences.
During the basketball game, I had a sudden compulsion to have a smoke.
Coercion
Conversion of a value of one data type to a value of another data type.
Compulsion
The use of authority, influence, or other power to force (compel) a person or persons to act.
Coercion
The process by which the meaning of a word or other linguistic element is reinterpreted to match the grammatical context.
Compulsion
The lawful use of violence (i.e. by the administration).
Coercion
The act or process of coercing.
Compulsion
The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force.
If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.
With what compulsion and laborious flightWe sunk thus low.
Coercion
The application to another of either physical or moral force. When the force is physical, and cannot be resisted, then the act produced by it is a nullity, so far as concerns the party coerced. When the force is moral, then the act, though voidable, is imputable to the party doing it, unless he be so paralyzed by terror as to act convulsively. At the same time coercion is not negatived by the fact of submission under force. "Coactus volui" (I consented under compulsion) is the condition of mind which, when there is volition forced by coercion, annuls the result of such coercion.
Compulsion
An urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid
Coercion
The act of compelling by force of authority
Compulsion
An irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions against your will
Coercion
Using force to cause something;
Though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game
They didn`t have to use coercion
Compulsion
Using force to cause something;
Though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game
They didn`t have to use coercion
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