dissuasive

[dih-swey-siv]

adjective

1. tending or liable to dissuade.

Other Word Forms

• dissuasively adverb
• dissuasiveness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of dissuasive¹

First recorded in 1600–10; dissuas(ion) + -ive

Example Sentences

"Security is visible and very dissuasive... and it's working."

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District police, riot police and officers in civilian clothes patrol the sector to create a “mesh of police of all types at all moments,” a dissuasive presence ready for action, he said.

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“There’s a lot of potential for these dissuasive warning labels, dissuasive cigarettes, to be impactful.”

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"The DSA includes dissuasive sanctions including a ban in the EU in case of repeated serious breaches threatening the life or safety of people," he said.

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“To be credible, the new Code of Practice will be backed up by the DSA — including for heavy dissuasive sanctions,” said the EU’s commissioner for the internal market, Thierry Breton, in a press statement.

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