dissuasive
English
Etymology
From Middle French dissuasif
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈsweɪzɪv/
Adjective
dissuasive (comparative more dissuasive, superlative most dissuasive)
- Tending to dissuade, or divert from a measure or purpose; dehortatory.
Derived terms
- dissuasively (adv)
Related terms
- dissuade
- dissuasion
Translations
tending to dissuade
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Noun
dissuasive (plural dissuasives)
- That which dissuades; a disincentive.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. In Six Volumes, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: Printed by A[ndrew] Millar, […], OCLC 928184292:
- Among other particulars which constituted the unfitness of things in Mr Square's opinion, danger and difficulty were two. The difficulty therefore which he apprehended there might be in corrupting this young wench, and the danger which would accrue to his character on the discovery, were such strong dissuasives, that it is probable he at first intended to have contented himself with the pleasing ideas which the sight of beauty furnishes us with.
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References
- dissuasive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
French
Adjective
dissuasive
- feminine singular of dissuasif
Italian
Adjective
dissuasive
- feminine plural of dissuasivo