different between voluntaristic vs coercive

English

Etymology

From voluntarist +? -ic or voluntary +? -istic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /v?l?nt????st?k/

Adjective

voluntaristic (comparative more voluntaristic, superlative most voluntaristic)

1. Pertaining to voluntary activity; supporting or promoting voluntarism.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 183:

     Open space, the incursions of commercialism and the growing prestige of polite society produced an urban environment increasingly consonant with the voluntaristic collective culture of the philosophes.

Related terms

• voluntarist
• voluntarism

English

Etymology

From coerce +? -ive.

Adjective

coercive (comparative more coercive, superlative most coercive)

1. displaying a tendency or intent to coerce
   • 2006 July 19, Washington Post Staff Writers, "U.S. Is Studying Military Strike Options on Iran",Washington Post p.A01

     The Bush administration is studying options for military strikes against Iran as part of a broader strategy of coercive diplomacy to pressure Tehran to abandon its alleged nuclear development program, according to U.S. officials and independent analysts.

2. (mathematics, of a function F) such that the ratio of |F(x)| to x approaches infinity as x approaches infinity

Derived terms

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.??.siv/
• Homophone: coercives

Adjective

coercive

1. feminine singular of coercif