"disincentive" meaning in English

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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "something that discourages",
          "word": "hillitsevä tekijä"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "something that discourages",
          "word": "pidäke"
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          "sense": "something that discourages",
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          "word": "desincentivo"
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          "roman": "antikínitro",
          "sense": "something that discourages",
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          "word": "desincentivo"
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          "sense": "something that discourages",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something that discourages",
      "word": "hillitsevä tekijä"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something that discourages",
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      "sense": "something that discourages",
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      "word": "desincentivo"
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      "word": "αντικίνητρο"
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      "sense": "something that discourages",
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      "word": "desincentivo"
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