dissuasion
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7.7
- noun
- /dɪˈsweɪʒən/
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disuasión
- The teacher's dissuasion prevented the students from making a poor choice about skipping class.
The balancing rod is weighted with statements of dissuasion on one end and a lack of legal consequences for the volunteers on the other.
- The balancing rod is weighted with statements of dissuasion on one end and a lack of legal consequences for the volunteers on the other.
- They have a dissuasion Commission that if you now, if you're caught trafficking, they still treat you like traditional criminal justice system.
Examples
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If there is no rational means of dissuasion, no empirical evidence, and no verifiable antithesis, then believe as you must, but keep it to yourself and do not expect it to be publicly promoted.
Blog text (9) -
When dissuasion and disarmament fail, American diplomacy can sometimes keep a nation from heading down the road to acquiring WMD.
Academic text (2004) -
Whether dissuasion works will depend on U.S. policies toward North Korea and Iran.
Academic text (2010) -
If a person "deserves" to receive "punishment," any statistics relevant to dissuasion of similar crimes are beside the point.
Blog text (31) -
But any form of recognition or non-recognition is also a form of encouragement or dissuasion.
Academic text (2002) -
Under Portugal's decriminalization policy, users are not arrested but referred by the police to a "dissuasion" commission.
Blog text (23) -
In the thought process of such people, a shortcut develops that bypasses the handicapped function, thus leading from associations directly to words, deeds, and decisions that are not subject to any dissuasion.
Blog text (2) -
"We have adequate deterrence against Pakistan, but the policy of dissuasion against China needs to be upgraded to credible deterrence so that Beijing can't spring a surprise.
Blog text (33) -
His dissuasion of her from going out late at night helped keep her safe.
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Despite his dissuasion, she decided to pursue her dream of studying abroad.
Synonyms
23
7.5
The act of stopping people from doing something by making them afraid of the result
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3.8
Making someone less willing to do something by saying you do not like it
Advice that tells someone not to do something
Something that makes people avoid doing something by showing possible bad results
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How Persuasive
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Morphology
Etymology
The word dissuasion comes from two parts: dis- 'away' and suade 'to advise or urge', the same root you see in persuade and persuasion. So, dissuasion is about moving someone 'away' from an idea or action, that is, convincing them not to do something.