coercive force

British  

noun

1. a measure of the magnetization of a ferromagnetic material as expressed by the external magnetic field strength necessary to demagnetize it. Measured in amperes per metre Compare coercivity

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Example Sentences

Unlike ethics, law and policy are backed by the coercive force of the state.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2019

High status is itself a powerful coercive force that can stifle resistance in a lower-status victim and so silence him or her.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2016

In Sattouf’s memoir, his father’s decision to move the family to Syria has the coercive force of a kidnapping.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 19, 2015

“A police officer at any moment is outnumbered by members of the public,” she said, “so if we eliminate this implied notion of coercive force then we eliminate the difference between the public and police”.

From The Guardian • Aug. 5, 2015

Eliminating the form of coercion that is represented by a policeman, earthly or otherwise, we may safely say that a naturalistic ethics has all the coercive force that can be possessed by any system.

From A Grammar of Freethought by Cohen, Chapman