as in persistent
formal
using force or threats to make someone do something; using coercion
coercive measures
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Synanon’s leadership believed that voluntarily working the steps was too soft and turned the method into a coercive one, using confrontation, humiliation and emotional attacks as ways to force change.
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Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
Even as China’s coercive capabilities and threatening behavior have rightly focused U.S. attention on the risks to American interests, the absence of clear metrics for success leaves the door open for partisan aspersions of the Biden administration’s approach.
—Jessica Chen Weiss, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 2024
The Repair Shop presenter Jay Blades appeared in court Friday on a coercive behaviour charge, and the BBC rushed to drop all episodes of the show featuring Blades from its TV schedules.
—Caroline Frost, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2024
There’s clearly a dark, abusive, coercive, problematic thing within their relationship, but there’s a love, as well.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2024
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Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
Even as China’s coercive capabilities and threatening behavior have rightly focused U.S. attention on the risks to American interests, the absence of clear metrics for success leaves the door open for partisan aspersions of the Biden administration’s approach.
—Jessica Chen Weiss, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 2024
The Repair Shop presenter Jay Blades appeared in court Friday on a coercive behaviour charge, and the BBC rushed to drop all episodes of the show featuring Blades from its TV schedules.
—Caroline Frost, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2024
There’s clearly a dark, abusive, coercive, problematic thing within their relationship, but there’s a love, as well.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2024
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