dissuasion
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English dissuasioun, from Middle French dissuasion.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dissuasion (countable and uncountable, plural dissuasions)
- the act or an instance of dissuading
- Antonym: persuasion
Translations
[edit]act or dissuading
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin dissuāsiō.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /di.sy.a.zjɔ̃/
- Homophone: dissuasions
Noun
[edit]dissuasion f (plural dissuasions)
- deterrence
- Coordinate term: persuasion
- un moyen de dissuasion ― a deterrent
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “dissuasion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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