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noncoercive

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non·​co·​er·​cive | \ ˌnĂ€n-kƍ-ˈər-siv How to pronounce noncoercive (audio) \

Definition of noncoercive

: not using threats or force to achieve compliance : not coercive 
 the important role that noncoercive influence plays in the conduct of foreign policy. — Business and Economics
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noncoercively adverb

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 This is one of the many new ways authoritarian regimes have been using migration as a noncoercive foreign policy tool. — Gerasimos Tsourapas, Washington Post, "How authoritarian regimes use migration to exert ‘soft power’ in foreign policy," 6 July 2018

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First Known Use of noncoercive

1840, in the meaning defined above

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