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disencouragement

disencouragement noun: discouragement.

Noun

disencouragement (countable and uncountable, plural disencouragements)

  1. (nonstandard, obsolete) discouragement
    • to the Disencouragement and Ruin of those who trade in the same Way.1712 July 20 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “WEDNESDAY, July 10, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 443; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume V...

Forms of disencouragement

pluraldisencouragements

Origin of disencouragement

From dis- + encouragement.

Questions about disencouragement

What does disencouragement mean?
Disencouragement means discouragement.
What part of speech is disencouragement?
Disencouragement is a noun.
What is the plural of disencouragement?
The plural of disencouragement is disencouragements.

Words near disencouragement in the dictionary

  1. disenclose
  2. disenclosed
  3. disencloses
  4. disenclosing
  5. disencourage
  6. disencouragement
  7. disencouragements
  8. disencumber
  9. disencumbered
  10. disencumbering
  11. disencumberment

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