intimidation
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English
Etymology
From intimidate + -ion. Compare French intimidation; perhaps modeled on it.
Pronunciation
Noun
intimidation (countable and uncountable, plural intimidations)
- The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated.
- 1920, Warren G. Harding, Liberty Under the Law:
- It broadly includes all the people with specific recognition for none, and the highest consecration we can make today is a committal of the Republican party to that saving constitutionalism which contemplates all America as one people and holds just government free from influence on the one hand, and unmoved by intimidation on the other.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
act of making timid or fearful
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References
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E Smith, editors (1911), “intimidation”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “intimidation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ^ “intimidation, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “intimidation (n.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
intimidation f (plural intimidations)
Further reading
- “intimidation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.