NOUN | cognition | deterrent, hindrance, hinderance, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap | something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress |
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ADJECTIVE | all | deterrent | tending to deter |
Sounds | dihter'rahnt | |
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Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... |
Meaning | tending to deter. | |
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Example | "the deterrent effects of high prices" | |
Broader | preventive, preventative | tending to prevent or hinder |
Spanish | desalentador, disuasivo, disuasorio | |
Catalan | descoratjador, dissuasiu | |
Nouns | deterrence | the act or process of discouraging actions or preventing occurrences by instilling fear or doubt or anxiety |
deterrence | a negative / negative motivational influence | |
deterrent | something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress | |
Verbs | deter | turn away from by persuasion |
deter | try to prevent |
Meaning | Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress. | |
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Synonyms | hindrance, hinderance, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap | |
Narrower | albatross, millstone | (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps |
bind | Something that hinders as if with bonds | |
diriment impediment | (canon law) an impediment that invalidates a marriage (such as the existence of a prior marriage) | |
drag | Something that slows or delays progress | |
obstacle, obstruction | Something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted | |
straitjacket | Anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines | |
Broader | difficulty | A factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result |
Spanish | estorbo, freno, impedimento, obstáculo | |
Catalan | força dissuasiva, fre, impediment, nosa, obstacle | |
Adjectives | deterrent | tending to deter |
Verbs | deter | try to prevent |
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