disincentivize
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom disincentive + -ize or dis- + incentivize.
Verb
editdisincentivize (third-person singular simple present disincentivizes, present participle disincentivizing, simple past and past participle disincentivized)
- (transitive) To discourage or demotivate by means of a disincentive.
- Synonym: deincentivize
- Antonym: incentivize
- 2023 January 5, Francine Kiefer, “‘We’re all on the same team’: Inside the Alaska model for US politics”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
- In the case of Ms. Peltola, her two Republican opponents, Ms. Palin and Nick Begich, went at each other hammer and tong, somehow missing the fact that they were disincentivizing their supporters from ranking either of them as their second choice.
Translations
editto discourage by means of a disincentive
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