deterrence
Meaning of deterrence
noun
- The act of deterring, or the state of being deterred.
- Action taken by states or alliances of nations against equally powerful alliances to prevent hostile action.
- The art of producing in one's enemy the fear of attacking.
Information about deterrence
- It is a name.
- The plural form of deterrence is: deterrences.
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Hyphenation of deterrence
de-ter-rence
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- deterrence is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
deterrence synonyms
Meaning disincentive:
Meaning determent:
Meaning :
Translation of deterrence
- German: Abschreckung
- Spanish: disuasión
- French: dissuasion
- Italian: deterrenza
- Portuguese: dissuasão
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