Diclib.com
ChatGPT AI Dictionary

Dictionary Lookup Custom Solutions

Enter a word or phrase in any language 👆

Language:

Translation and analysis of words by ChatGPT artificial intelligence

On this page you can get a detailed analysis of a word or phrase, produced by the best artificial intelligence technology to date:

how the word is used
frequency of use
it is used more often in oral or written speech
word translation options
usage examples (several phrases with translation)
etymology

What (who) is Discourage - definition

USE OF PUNISHMENT AS A THREAT TO DETER PEOPLE FROM OFFENDING

Deterrence (psychology); Deterrence strategy; General deterrence; Specific deterrence; Discourage; Deterrence to criminal conduct; Deterrence (law); Deterrence (psychological); Marginal deterrence; Deterrence (legal; Deterrence (legal); Deterrent punishment

Discourage

·noun Lack of courage; cowardliness.

II. Discourage ·vt To dishearten one with respect to; to Discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his efforts.

III. Discourage ·vt To extinguish the courage of; to Dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to Deject;

- the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt.

discourage

¦ verb

1. cause (someone) to lose confidence or enthusiasm.

2. prevent or try to prevent by showing disapproval or creating difficulties.

(discourage someone from) persuade someone against (an action).

Derivatives

discouragement noun

discouraging adjective

discouragingly adverb

Origin

ME: from OFr. descouragier, from des- (expressing reversal) + corage 'courage'.

discourage

v. (D; tr.) to discourage from

Wikipedia

Deterrence (penology)

Deterrence in relation to criminal offending is the idea or theory that the threat of punishment will deter people from committing crime and reduce the probability and/or level of offending in society. It is one of five objectives that punishment is thought to achieve; the other four objectives are denunciation, incapacitation (for the protection of society), retribution and rehabilitation.

Criminal deterrence theory has two possible applications: the first is that punishments imposed on individual offenders will deter or prevent that particular offender from committing further crimes; the second is that public knowledge that certain offences will be punished has a generalised deterrent effect which prevents others from committing crimes.

Two different aspects of punishment may have an impact on deterrence, the first being the certainty of punishment, by increasing the likelihood of apprehension and punishment, this may have a deterrent effect. The second relates to the severity of punishment; how severe the punishment is for a particular crime may influence behavior if the potential offender concludes that the punishment is so severe, it is not worth the risk of getting caught.

An underlying principle of deterrence is that it is utilitarian or forward-looking. As with rehabilitation, it is designed to change behaviour in the future rather than simply provide retribution or punishment for current or past behaviour.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deterrence (penology)

Examples of use of Discourage

1. He said we should discourage fissiparous tendencies.

2. "We absolutely discourage anyone from snorting Blow.

3. More than half of those polled said they would discourage a son from enlisting in the military, while two–thirds said they would discourage a daughter from joining.

4. The WEF organizers discourage men from wearing ties.

5. Nowadays, they are used as a means to discourage them.