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These Christians claim that true compassion comes from rejecting empathy, arguing that empathy gets in the way of speaking what they believe are "hard truths" they need to browbeat alleged sinners with.

From Salon

For him, in fact, the swagger and browbeating are often an integral part of the negotiating process.

From BBC

But when things started to get "really crazy", she browbeat her parents into coming with her.

From BBC

During his first term, Trump often used threats such as high tariffs to browbeat America’s allies into concessions.

Still, he insists on browbeating others to support a cause as lost as, well, making fetch happen.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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