koersi

Indonesian

Etymology

From English coercion (regularisation from English -tion into Indonesian -si via Dutch -tie), from Old French cohercion, from Latin coercitiō (“magisterial coercion”), from coercere, past participle coercitus (“to restrain, coerce”), from cum (“with”) + arceō (“to shut in, enclose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koˈɛrsi]
• Hyphenation: ko‧èr‧si

Noun

koersi (first-person possessive koersiku, second-person possessive koersimu, third-person possessive koersinya)

1. (communication, sociology) coercion:
   1. actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.
   2. use of physical or moral force to compel a person to do something, or to abstain from doing something, thereby depriving that person of the exercise of free will.

Further reading

• “koersi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.