Synonyms for disincentive
ˌdɪs ɪnˈsɛn tɪvdis·in·cen·tive

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1. disincentivenoun

   Antonyms:
   incentive

2. disincentivenoun

   Antonyms:
   incentive

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1. disincentive, deterrencenoun

   a negative motivational influence

   Synonyms:
   deterrence, intimidation, determent

   Antonyms:
   motivator, inducement, incentive

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1. • Rational Motive

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1. List of paraphrases for "disincentive":

   deterrent, deterrence, obstacle, brake

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1. Republican McConnell:

   Whether it's a payroll tax deduction, whether it's making sure that unemployment benefits continue without a disincentive to return to work.

2. Donald Trump:

   One of the important elements of this plan revises the current tax code to eliminate the disincentive for re-entry into the work force, women, who are disproportionately most likely to step out of the work force to provide unpaid care, often lack the ability to return to work because it can be hard to rationalize stepping back into the work force and incurring the enormous expense of child care when you are also making less than the primary earner in your home yet taxed at the highest household rate.

3. Republican Sen. John McCain:

   We are not going to have a conflict with China but we can take certain measures which will be a disincentive to China to continue these kinds of activities.

4. Thenmozhi Soundararajan:

   There's a real disincentive for caste-oppressed Dalit people to share their discrimination.

5. Jonathan Reiner:

   I'm not sure what this ban will achieve, other than to add some disincentive to other countries that might be looking to do intense sequencing and identify variants, this might incentivize those countries to maybe, you know, back off on that a little bit because no good deed goes unpunished.