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disincentives

disincentives is the plural of disincentive.

Meaning of disincentive

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

Questions about disincentives

What is disincentives the plural of?
Disincentives is the plural of disincentive.

Words near disincentives in the dictionary

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

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