"demotivate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌdiːˈmoʊtɪveɪt/ [US], /ˌdiːˈməʊtɪveɪt/ [UK] Forms: demotivates [present, singular, third-person], demotivating [participle, present], demotivated [participle, past], demotivated [past]
Etymology: From de- + motivate. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|motivate}} de- + motivate Head templates: {{en-verb}} demotivate (third-person singular simple present demotivates, present participle demotivating, simple past and past participle demotivated)
  1. To decrease the motivation of a person or a group. Derived forms: demotivator, demotivation, demotivational Translations (to decrease the motivation): demotivovat (Czech), demotiveren (Dutch), lannistaa (Finnish), viedä motivaatio [with-ablative] (Finnish), démotiver (French), demotivieren (German), demotivare (Italian), demotywować [imperfective] (Polish), zdemotywować [perfective] (Polish), desmotivar (Portuguese), демотиви́ровать (demotivírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-demotivate-en-verb-Ws1zaJcF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-

Adjective [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|adjective form}} demotivate
  1. feminine plural of demotivato Tags: feminine, form-of, plural Form of: demotivato
    Sense id: en-demotivate-it-adj-9Y5dF5RY Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to decrease the motivation",
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