compellance

compellance
 n.โ€” ยซThe truth is that most political observers in Pakistan have become knee-jerk and non-cerebral, giving Pakistanโ€™s enemy a handle through what is called โ€œcompellanceโ€: get the enemy to do what it wants to do for self-destruction.ยป โ€”โ€œEditorial: Indo-Pak policy contradictions” Daily Times (Lahore, Pakistan) Aug. 3, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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