dissuasion

From Middle English dissuasioun, from Middle French dissuasion.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈsweɪʒən/

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dissuasion (countable and uncountable, plural dissuasions)

1. the act or an instance of dissuading

   Antonym: persuasion

Learned borrowing from Latin dissuāsiō.

• IPA^(key): /di.sy.a.zjɔ̃/
• Homophone: dissuasions

dissuasion f (plural dissuasions)

1. deterrence

   Coordinate term: persuasion

   un moyen de dissuasion ― a deterrent

• dissuader
• dissuasif

• “dissuasion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.