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dissuasão — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • deterrence noun The act of putting someone off doing something, or the state of being put off.
  • dissuasion noun The act of persuading someone not to do something.

Senses

dissuasão is used for these senses in English:

  • deterrence The act of deterring, or the state of being deterred.
  • dissuasion the act or an instance of dissuading

deterrence — full definition

  1. noun The act of putting someone off doing something, or the state of being put off.
  2. noun A measure taken by a country or group of countries against an equally strong rival, to stop them acting aggressively.
  3. noun The skill of making an enemy too afraid to attack.
  4. noun The policy of stopping a nuclear attack by threatening to strike back with nuclear weapons.
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