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discouragement Definition

dis·cour·age·ment (-mənt)

noun

  1. a discouraging
  2. the fact, state, or feeling of being discouraged
  3. anything that discourages

Etymology: OFr descoragement

discouragement Synonyms

discouragement

n.

  1. Dejection

    melancholy, despair, the blues*; see depression 2, sadness.

  2. A restriction

    constraint, hindrance, deterrent; see impediment 1.

discouragement Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • receive: They often find themselves being passed from one office to another receiving only discouragement.
  • have: He has had too much all-round discouragement to meet.
  • provide: Indeed, his extension of means-testing provides a savage discouragement to saving.
  • face: You have a dream, but you face so many discouragements along the way.
  • cause: On the other hand David didn't complain against other believers, as some do when stresses occur and so cause further discouragement.
  • feel: Like others, I often feel the discouragement of which you speak, but in my eyes that is also a necessary test.

Adjective modifier

  • active: Policy has ranged from encouraging GP involvement to active discouragement coinciding with the setting up of specialist centers in the late 1960s.
  • further: Its poisonous nature must act as a further discouragement.
  • much: He has had too much all-round discouragement to meet.
  • strong: Strong discouragement to any attempts to contract-out of or waive employment rights.
  • general: General discouragement of smoking, particularly by young people, is necessary.
  • such: With such discouragement of new blood, long-term decline was almost inevitable.

Modifies a noun

rate: We find higher economic inactivity rates and discouragement rates in the LFS than in the CHS which supports our conjecture.

Preposition: in