dissuasion

English

Etymology

From Middle English dissuasioun, from Middle French dissuasion.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈsweɪʒən/
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Noun

dissuasion (countable and uncountable, plural dissuasions)

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
Swedish: avrådan (sv) c

French

Etymology

From Latin dissuāsiōnem.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

dissuasion f (plural dissuasions)

deterrence

Further reading

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

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