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Noun [English]

IPA: /dɪˈtɛɹəns/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deterrence.wav Forms: deterrences [plural]
Etymology: From the stem of deterrent + -ence. Etymology templates: {{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), deterrencia [feminine] (Spanish)
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  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), disuasión [feminine] (Spanish), deterrencia [feminine] (Spanish), avskräckning [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  3. The art of producing in one's enemy the fear of attacking. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  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.
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  5. The action of discouraging an action or event by instilling doubt or fear of the penalty or punishment. Tags: countable, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: intimidation, dissuasion Derived forms: finite deterrence, focused deterrence, overdeterrence, phagodeterrence, underdeterrence 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), deterrencia [feminine] (Spanish), avskräckning [common-gender] (Swedish)
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