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pakko — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • coercion noun The use of force or threats to make someone act against their will.
  • compulsion noun A strong, often irrational urge to do something, even against one's better judgment.
  • force noun Strength or power exerted to move, influence, or affect something.
  • imperative adj Extremely important; essential.
  • must verb Used to say that something is required or necessary.
  • necessity noun The state of being required or unavoidable.

Senses

pakko is used for these senses in English:

  • compulsion An irrational need or irresistible urge to perform some action, often despite negative consequences.
  • force (uncountable) Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
  • force (legal) Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
  • imperative (countable) An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.
  • must Something that is mandatory, required or recommended.
  • necessity The negation of freedom in voluntary action; the subjection of all phenomena, whether material or spiritual, to inevitable causation; necessitarianism.

coercion — full definition

  1. noun The use of force or threats to make someone act against their will.
  2. noun In computing, the automatic conversion of a value from one data type to another.

compulsion — full definition

  1. noun A strong, often irrational urge to do something, even against one's better judgment.
  2. noun The use of force or pressure to make someone act a certain way.

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