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disincentive

/ˌdɪsɪnˈsɛntɪv/

disincentive noun: that which discourages a particular behaviour; a deterrent.

Noun

disincentive (plural disincentives)

  1. That which discourages a particular behaviour; a deterrent.
    • CDC guidelines issued in July called for voluntary HIV testing of all health care workers, but also recommended that those who are found HIV positive go before a local board that could advise them not to perform a list of "exposure-prone" procedures. AIDS activists and health care workers decried...1991 December 8, Jacob Smith Yang, “'Invasive Procedures' Dropped?”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 21, page 1

disincentive meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

disincentive in Tamil

ஊக்கக் கேடு, ஊக்கக்கேடு, ஊக்கங் கெடுக்கிற, ஊக்கத் தடை, ஊக்கத் தடையான, ஊக்கத்தடை

disincentive in Bengali

একটি প্রতিবন্ধক

disincentive in Malayalam

discouragement, deterrent, damper
നിരുത്സാഹപ്പെടുത്തുന്ന കാര്യം, ഭീഷണി, തടസ്സവസ്തു, മുടക്കുന്നത്, അധെെര്യപ്പെടുത്തൽ, വേഗനിരോധിനി

Antonyms of disincentive

Forms of disincentive

pluraldisincentives

Origin of disincentive

From dis- + incentive.

Words formed from disincentive

Words that rhyme with disincentive

Questions about disincentive

What does disincentive mean?
Disincentive means that which discourages a particular behaviour; a deterrent.
What is disincentive in Tamil?
Disincentive in Tamil is ஊக்கக் கேடு, ஊக்கக்கேடு, ஊக்கங் கெடுக்கிற. See Disincentive meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is disincentive?
Disincentive is a noun.
How do you pronounce disincentive?
Disincentive is pronounced /ˌdɪsɪnˈsɛntɪv/.
What is the plural of disincentive?
The plural of disincentive is disincentives.

Words near disincentive in the dictionary

  1. disincarnated
  2. disincarnates
  3. disincarnating
  4. disincarnation
  5. disincarnations
  6. disincentive
  7. disincentives
  8. disincentivisation
  9. disincentivise
  10. disincentivised
  11. disincentivises

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Adapted from Wiktionary: disincentive (page history and authors); disincentive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disincentive (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disincentive (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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