deterrent
See also: déterrent
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin dēterrēns, dēterrentem.
Pronunciation
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Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
deterrent (comparative more deterrent, superlative most deterrent)
- Serving to deter, preventing something from happening.
Derived terms
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Translations
serving to deter
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Noun
deterrent (plural deterrents)
- Something that deters.
- 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Krogan: Genophage Codex entry:
- 2014, Jimmy Carter, “Full Prisons and Legal Killing”, in A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power[1], Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 38:
- One argument made by proponents of the death penalty is that it is a strong deterrent to murder and other violent crimes, but evidence shows just the opposite. Whereas the last execution in Canada took place in 1962, in 2011 there were 598 murders in Canada and 14,610 in the United States.
Derived terms
Translations
something that deters
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Latin
Verb
dēterrent
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