noncoercive

adjective

non·​co·​er·​cive ˌnän-kō-ˈər-siv 

: 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

noncoercively adverb

Examples of noncoercive in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Without immigration, pragmatic and noncoercive measures that encourage parents to have families while pursuing careers — as well as policies that allow people in their 60s and 70s to keep working — are the key to managing negative population growth, Mr. Wilmoth said. —Francesca Paris, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2023

Pedersen, who wrote a recent article examining the failures of R2P in the context of the Rohingya crisis, said that even a broader reading of the doctrine that put forward a range of noncoercive policy options would be a challenge. —Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2021

Also, approaching the conversation in a measured, noncoercive way is highly important. —Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2020

This is one of the many new ways authoritarian regimes have been using migration as a noncoercive foreign policy tool. —Gerasimos Tsourapas, Washington Post, 6 July 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1840, in the meaning defined above