disincentivizing
Making less appealing
Disincentivizing is making something less attractive or desirable through penalties, costs, or removed rewards.
Policies might disincentivize certain behaviors by taxing them or cutting subsidies: The new fees are disincentivizing car commutes.
The word is bureaucratic jargon, more common in policy discussions than everyday speech.
Punishments for infractions
- finesMonetary sanctions or particles
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
- taxationCompulsory government revenue collection
- surchargesAdditional fees imposed
forfeiture · garnishment · retribution · disciplinary · censure · condemnation · reprimand · probation
Advising against action
- discouragingCausing loss of confidence
- deterringPreventing through fear
- preventionStopping something before occurring
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
penalties · fines · prohibition · embargo · countermeasure · obstacle · impediment · hindrance
Causing loss of confidence
- dishearteningCausing loss of hope
- dispiritingCausing loss of enthusiasm
- demoralizingDestroying confidence or hope
- uninspiringFailing to excite interest
off-putting · dampening · deflating · undermining · disengaging · stifling · suppressing · chilling
Placing restrictions upon
- constrainingImposing limits upon
- prohibitingMaking something illegal
- inhibitingPreventing or slowing action
- curtailingReducing in extent
regulating · controlling · hampering · impeding · suppressing · narrowing · tightening · capping
penalties
Punishments for infractions
- finesMonetary sanctions or particles
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
- taxationCompulsory government revenue collection
surcharges · forfeiture · garnishment · retribution · disciplinary · censure · condemnation · reprimand · probation · sentencing
dissuading
Advising against action
- discouragingCausing loss of confidence
- deterringPreventing through fear
- preventionStopping something before occurring
sanctions · penalties · fines · prohibition · embargo · countermeasure · obstacle · impediment · hindrance · constraint
discouraging
Causing loss of confidence
- dishearteningCausing loss of hope
- dispiritingCausing loss of enthusiasm
- demoralizingDestroying confidence or hope
uninspiring · off-putting · dampening · deflating · undermining · disengaging · stifling · suppressing · chilling · cooling
limiting
Placing restrictions upon
- constrainingImposing limits upon
- prohibitingMaking something illegal
- inhibitingPreventing or slowing action
curtailing · regulating · controlling · hampering · impeding · suppressing · narrowing · tightening · capping · rationing
disincentivizingincentivizing
Providing motivation through rewards
encouraging · motivating · promoting · rewarding · stimulating
disincentivizingsubsidizing
Partially funding something
compensating · paying · remunerating · rewarding · incentivizing
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