Synonyms for deterrent

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dih-tur-uhnt, -tuhr-, -ter-

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈtɜr ənt, -ˈtʌr-, -ˈtɛr-

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Définition of deterrent

Origin : 1829, noun and adjective, in Bentham, from Latin deterrentem, present participle of deterrere (see deter). In reference to nuclear weapons, from 1954.

noun impediment, restraint

Example sentences :

The ease of getting a livelihood acts as a deterrent to ambition.
Extract from : « The Negro Farmer » by Carl Kelsey

It is a deterrent for others, not a healing process for the man himself.
Extract from : « The Soul of a People » by H. Fielding

The school has in most cases been a deterrent to their progress, rather than a help.
Extract from : « The Measurement of Intelligence » by Lewis Madison Terman

This is only an imitation of nature, in which pain is a sanction and a deterrent.
Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner

Here we have a recrudescence of the idea that great penalties are deterrent.
Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner

He is certain to be found, as are any of the deterrent people in the Pilgrim's Progress.
Extract from : « True to His Home » by Hezekiah Butterworth

It was cheaper to build a deterrent than to defend against it.
Extract from : « The Next Logical Step » by Benjamin William Bova

They say now that if it does little good to the offender, it is deterrent as to others.
Extract from : « The Complete Essays of C. D. Warner » by Charles Dudley Warner

These disadvantages and uncertainties the yachtsman knows, and yet they are for him no deterrent.
Extract from : « A Floating Home » by Cyril Ionides

The resinous matter in these acts as an antiseptic, and as a deterrent to vermin.
Extract from : « Poachers and Poaching » by John Watson

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