dissuasive

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French dissuasif

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈsweɪzɪv/

Adjective

dissuasive (comparative more dissuasive, superlative most dissuasive)

1. Tending to dissuade, or divert from a measure or purpose; dehortatory.

Derived terms

• dissuasively (adv)

Related terms

• dissuade
• dissuasion

Translations

tending to dissuade

• Catalan: dissuasiu
• Italian: dissuasivo
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: disuasivo (es), disuasorio (es)

Noun

dissuasive (plural dissuasives)

1. That which dissuades; a disincentive.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:

     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.

References

• “dissuasive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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French

Adjective

dissuasive

1. feminine singular of dissuasif

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Italian

Adjective

dissuasive

1. feminine plural of dissuasivo