Disincentivize

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To discourage or demotivate by means of a disincentive. British, English, Oxford, US, transitive

    "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."

Synonyms

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deincentivize

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"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."

Etymology

From disincentive + -ize or dis- + incentivize.

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