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    [Adjective]  | "co*er*cive" | \ kō-ˈər-siv \


    1: serving or intended to coerce


    Origin: circa 1600 ;

     {see: |coerce|coerce} + {see: |-ive|-ive};

    [Noun]  | "coercive force" 


    1: the opposing magnetic intensity that must be applied to a magnetized material to remove the residual magnetism


    Origin: 1827 ;

    [Adjective]  | "coercive" 


    1: using force or threats to make someone do something; using coercion;


      * e.g., " ... coercive measures "





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    1: My son told his Teacher: My Dad played the clipping game with his foot and I fell in the snow then we both laughed, (Teacher) You said: Your Dad kicked you to make you fall and hurt yourself in the snow? This would generally confused the child to make it sound worse then what it really was. Flipping Child Psychology known as Reverse Psychology.

      * e.g.,  ... To trick someone into giving you the answer they want to hear: A counselor can use Coercive questions on a child to turn a lie into the truth usually against a parent. To over exaggerate a situation of a false lie: A technique involving the advocacy of a belief or behavior that is opposite to the one desired, with the expectation that this approach will encourage the subject of the persuasion to do what actually is desired tricking ones mined 

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