"demotivate" meaning in English

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "motivate"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "motivate"
      },
      "expansion": "de- + motivate",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From de- + motivate.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "demotivates",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demotivating",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demotivated",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demotivated",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "demotivate (third-person singular simple present demotivates, present participle demotivating, simple past and past participle demotivated)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with de-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "demotivator"
        },
        {
          "word": "demotivation"
        },
        {
          "word": "demotivational"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To decrease the motivation of a person or a group."
      ],
      "id": "en-demotivate-en-verb-Ws1zaJcF",
      "links": [
        [
          "decrease",
          "decrease"
        ],
        [
          "motivation",
          "motivation"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to decrease the motivation",
          "word": "demotivovat"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to decrease the motivation",
          "word": "demotiveren"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to decrease the motivation",
          "word": "lannistaa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to decrease the motivation",
          "tags": [
            "with-ablative"
          ],
          "word": "viedä motivaatio"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to decrease the motivation",
          "word": "démotiver"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to decrease the motivation",
          "word": "demotivieren"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to decrease the motivation",
          "word": "demotivare"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to decrease the motivation",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "demotywować"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to decrease the motivation",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zdemotywować"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to decrease the motivation",
          "word": "desmotivar"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "demotivírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to decrease the motivation",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "демотиви́ровать"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdiːˈmoʊtɪveɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdiːˈməʊtɪveɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "demotivate"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "motivate"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "demotivator"
    },
    {
      "word": "demotivation"
    },
    {
      "word": "demotivational"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "motivate"
      },
      "expansion": "de- + motivate",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From de- + motivate.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "demotivates",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demotivating",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demotivated",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demotivated",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "demotivate (third-person singular simple present demotivates, present participle demotivating, simple past and past participle demotivated)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English 4-syllable words",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms prefixed with de-",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To decrease the motivation of a person or a group."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "decrease",
          "decrease"
        ],
        [
          "motivation",
          "motivation"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdiːˈmoʊtɪveɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdiːˈməʊtɪveɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to decrease the motivation",
      "word": "demotivovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to decrease the motivation",
      "word": "demotiveren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to decrease the motivation",
      "word": "lannistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to decrease the motivation",
      "tags": [
        "with-ablative"
      ],
      "word": "viedä motivaatio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to decrease the motivation",
      "word": "démotiver"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to decrease the motivation",
      "word": "demotivieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to decrease the motivation",
      "word": "demotivare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to decrease the motivation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "demotywować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to decrease the motivation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zdemotywować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to decrease the motivation",
      "word": "desmotivar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "demotivírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to decrease the motivation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "демотиви́ровать"
    }
  ],
  "word": "demotivate"
}