"deterrence" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /dɪˈtɛɹəns/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: deterrences [plural]
Etymology: From the stem of deterrent + -ence. Etymology templates: {{m|en|deterrent}} deterrent, {{suf|en||ence}} + -ence Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} deterrence (countable and uncountable, plural deterrences)
  1. The act of deterring, or the state of being deterred. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of deterring): رَدْع (radʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), ontrading [feminine] (Dutch), estely (Finnish), dissuasion [feminine] (French), შეკავება (šeḳaveba) (Georgian), Abschreckung [feminine] (German), elrettentés (Hungarian), deterrência [feminine] (Portuguese), dissuasão [feminine] (Portuguese), удержа́ние (uderžánije) [neuter] (Russian), intimidación [feminine] (Spanish), disuasión [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-deterrence-en-noun-pVfeGY5q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ence Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 20 19 19 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 44 21 15 15 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ence: 35 25 14 18 8 Disambiguation of 'act of deterring': 81 8 5 5 1
  2. Action taken by states or alliances of nations against equally powerful alliances to prevent hostile action. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (action taken by states or alliances): رَدْع (radʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), pelote (Finnish), შეკავება (šeḳaveba) (Georgian), შეკავების პოლიტიკა (šeḳavebis ṗoliṭiḳa) (Georgian), Abschreckung [feminine] (German), αποτροπή (apotropí) [feminine] (Greek), deterrência [feminine] (Portuguese), intimidación [feminine] (Spanish), avskräckning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-deterrence-en-noun-tuIulLY7 Disambiguation of 'action taken by states or alliances': 10 82 2 2 3
  3. The art of producing in one's enemy the fear of attacking. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-deterrence-en-noun-nUFwKzFZ
  4. The art of producing in one's enemy the fear of attacking.
    (specifically) nuclear deterrence: discouraging nuclear attack through the threat of nuclear retaliation.
    Tags: countable, specifically, uncountable Categories (topical): Nuclear warfare
    Sense id: en-deterrence-en-noun-zc9UmIS-
  5. The action of discouraging an action or event by instilling doubt or fear of the penalty or punishment. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-deterrence-en-noun-7mpZkheW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: intimidation, dissuasion Derived forms: finite deterrence, focused deterrence Translations (art of producing fear of attacking): رَدْع (radʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), afschrikking [feminine] (Dutch), pelottelu (Finnish), dissuasion [feminine] (French), Abschreckung [feminine] (German), deterrência [feminine] (Portuguese), intimidação [feminine] (Portuguese), устраше́ние (ustrašénije) [neuter] (Russian), сде́рживание (sdérživanije) [neuter] (Russian), disuasión [feminine] (Spanish), intimidación [feminine] (Spanish), avskräckning [common-gender] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'art of producing fear of attacking': 5 4 42 42 6

Inflected forms

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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "action taken by states or alliances",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "avskräckning"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "radʕ",
      "sense": "art of producing fear of attacking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "رَدْع"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "art of producing fear of attacking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "afschrikking"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "art of producing fear of attacking",
      "word": "pelottelu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "art of producing fear of attacking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dissuasion"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "art of producing fear of attacking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Abschreckung"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "art of producing fear of attacking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deterrência"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "art of producing fear of attacking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "intimidação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ustrašénije",
      "sense": "art of producing fear of attacking",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "устраше́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sdérživanije",
      "sense": "art of producing fear of attacking",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сде́рживание"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "art of producing fear of attacking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "disuasión"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "art of producing fear of attacking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "intimidación"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "art of producing fear of attacking",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "avskräckning"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Deterrence (penology)"
  ],
  "word": "deterrence"
}

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