disincentives
Reasons to avoid
Disincentives are factors that discourage a particular action or behavior—the opposite of incentives.
Economic policies may create disincentives to work or invest: High marginal tax rates can act as disincentives to earning additional income.
The word appears most often in policy discussions about unintended consequences.
Monetary sanctions or particles
- feesCosts for services
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
- tariffsTaxes on imports
- surchargesAdditional fees imposed
levies · penalties · forfeitures · charges · taxes · duties · assessments · tolls
Alert about danger
- consequenceResult of an action
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- restrictionLimit on action
- banOfficial restriction on something
barrier · regulation · enforcement · threat · punishment · repercussion · sanction · penalty clause
Loss of drive
- deterrencePrevention via threatened consequences
- dissuasionConvincing someone not to
- dampeningReducing or wetting slightly
- cooling effectHeat reduction phenomenon
chilling effect · dampener · turnoff · buzzkill · wet blanket · downer · setback · frustration
Something blocking the way
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- impedimentThing that obstructs progress
- hurdleBarrier to leap over
- constraintLimiting condition or rule
limitation · restriction · burden · encumbrance · handicap · bottleneck · red tape · bureaucracy
fines
Monetary sanctions or particles
surcharges · levies · penalties · forfeitures · charges · taxes · duties · assessments · tolls · excises
warning
Alert about danger
- consequenceResult of an action
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- restrictionLimit on action
ban · barrier · regulation · enforcement · threat · punishment · repercussion · sanction · penalty clause · negative reinforcement
demotivation
Loss of drive
- deterrencePrevention via threatened consequences
- dissuasionConvincing someone not to
- dampeningReducing or wetting slightly
cooling effect · chilling effect · dampener · turnoff · buzzkill · wet blanket · downer · setback · frustration · disappointment
obstacle
Something blocking the way
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- impedimentThing that obstructs progress
- hurdleBarrier to leap over
constraint · limitation · restriction · burden · encumbrance · handicap · bottleneck · red tape · bureaucracy · friction
- motivatorsmotivator, rewards, ambition, encouragement, inspiration
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Rewards prompting action
motivations · rewards · inducements · encouragements · carrots
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