Meaning of anticoercive | Babel Free
Definitions
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Opposed to coercion; anarchistic or libertarian. not-comparable
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Characteristic of a mapping of elements that tends toward negative infinity as the magnitude of the element tends toward positive infinity. error-lua-exec, not-comparable
Examples
“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.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.