Dictionary

intimidation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɪntɪmɪˈdeɪʃən/
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Etymology

From intimidate + -ion. Compare French intimidation; perhaps modeled on it.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated.
   • 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. 1920, Warren G. Harding, Liberty Under the Law:

Forms

Deriveds

self-intimidation · gymtimidation

Relateds

intimidate · intimidatingly · intimidating

Translations (44)

sk zastrašovanie (act of making timid or fearful) · fr intimidation (act of making timid or fearful) · ru устраше́ние (act of making timid or fearful) · be запу́жванне (act of making timid or fearful) · te బెదిరింపు (act of making timid or fearful) · sl ustrahovanje (act of making timid or fearful) · ja 脅迫 (act of making timid or fearful) · ko 협박 (act of making timid or fearful) · ja 脅威 (act of making timid or fearful) · ar تَهْوِيل (act of making timid or fearful) · id intimidasi (act of making timid or fearful) · be запало́хванне (act of making timid or fearful) · pt intimidação (act of making timid or fearful) · ar تَهْدِيد (act of making timid or fearful) · hu megfélemlítés (act of making timid or fearful) · ar تَرْهِيب (act of making timid or fearful) · nl intimidatie (act of making timid or fearful) · ko 위협 (act of making timid or fearful) · mk застрашување (act of making timid or fearful) · cmn 威嚇 /威吓 (act of making timid or fearful) · uk заля́кування (act of making timid or fearful) · ca intimidació (act of making timid or fearful) · fi uhkailu (act of making timid or fearful) · it intimidazione (act of making timid or fearful) · de Einschüchterung (act of making timid or fearful) · cmn 脅迫 /胁迫 (act of making timid or fearful) · kk құқай (act of making timid or fearful) · uk застра́шування (act of making timid or fearful) · ja 恫喝 (act of making timid or fearful) · sh zastrašívānje (act of making timid or fearful) · cmn 恐嚇 /恐吓 (act of making timid or fearful) · gl intimidación (act of making timid or fearful) · ru запу́гивание (act of making timid or fearful) · sl zastraševanje (act of making timid or fearful) · ar تَخْوِيف (act of making timid or fearful) · sh застраши́ва̄ње (act of making timid or fearful) · be застра́шванне (act of making timid or fearful) · bg спла́шване (act of making timid or fearful) · bg запла́шване (act of making timid or fearful) · fi pelottelu (act of making timid or fearful) · cs zastrašování (act of making timid or fearful) · es intimidación (act of making timid or fearful) · ro intimidare (act of making timid or fearful) · pl zastraszenie (act of making timid or fearful)