Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anticoercive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-ti-co-er-cive
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Opposed to coercion; anarchistic or libertarian.

adj

Characteristic of a mapping of elements that tends toward negative infinity as the magnitude of the element tends toward positive infinity.

Example Sentences

"Dare I say that the danger to human liberty now is far more "anticoercive" than "coercive" utopianism? Both the anticoercive (meaning libertarian) and coercive (meaning Marxist) utopians share the goal of the withering away of the state."
"Founded on such an assumption, the use of force for education's sake may even be described as anticoercive; indeed, to cultivate man's power of understanding is to cultivate his power to confront his circumstances open-eyed and detachedly."
"For Erasmus's anticoercive heresy was about baptism, not about the state."

Etymology

From anti- + coercive.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: anti

Questions

What does anticoercive mean?: Opposed to coercion; anarchistic or libertarian.
Where does anticoercive come from?: From anti- + coercive.

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