dissuasion

dissuasion

English

Etymology

From Middle English dissuasioun, from Middle French dissuasion.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈsweɪʒən/

Noun

dissuasion (countable and uncountable, plural dissuasions)

1. the act or an instance of dissuading

   Antonym: persuasion

Translations

act or dissuading

Finnish: saaminen luopumaan French: dissuasion (fr) f German: Abraten n Latin: dissuāsiō f Manx: anchoyrle f, coyrle-noi f Portuguese: dissuasão f Spanish: disuasión (es) f

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French

Etymology

From Latin dissuāsiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.sy.a.zjɔ̃/
• Homophone: dissuasions

Noun

dissuasion f (plural dissuasions)

1. deterrence

Further reading

• “dissuasion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.