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anticoercive

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Opposed to coercion; anarchistic or libertarian.
    not-comparable
  2. Characteristic of a mapping of elements that tends toward negative infinity as the magnitude of the element tends toward positive infinity.
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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
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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