discouragement

  • 21discouragement — dis•cour•age•ment [[t]dɪˈskɜr ɪdʒ mənt, ˈskʌr [/t]] n. 1) an act or instance of discouraging 2) the state of being discouraged 3) something that discourages; a deterrent • Etymology: 1555–65; < MF …

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  • 22discouragement — /dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒmənt/ (say dis kurijmuhnt) noun 1. the act of discouraging. 2. the state of being discouraged. 3. something that discourages …

  • 23Adolescent Discouragement Indicator — Тест. Методика для определения степени упадка духа. Структура. Методика включает в себя субшкалы (по 5 пунктов): общий тонус, работа, дружба, образ Я, любовь. Источник. Lingg M., Wilborn B. Adolescent discouragement: Development of an assessment… …

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  • 24active discouragement — index deterrence Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 25Hortative — The hortative (abbreviated hort, pronounced /ˈhɔrtətɪv/ ( listen)) is a group of semantically similar deontic moods in some languages, especially English. Hortative moods encourage or urge. There are seven hortative moods in English: the… …

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  • 26dis·cour·age·ment — /dıˈskɚrəʤmənt/ noun, pl ments 1 [noncount] : the act of making something less likely to happen or of making people less likely to do something the discouragement of drug use among teenagers He joined the army despite discouragement from his… …

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  • 27Back to Methuselah — (A Metabiological Pentateuch), by George Bernard Shaw consists of a preface (An Infidel Half Century) and a series of five plays: In the Beginning: B.C. 4004 (In the Garden of Eden), The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas: Present Day, The Thing… …

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  • 28despair — despairer, n. /di spair /, n. 1. loss of hope; hopelessness. 2. someone or something that causes hopelessness: He is the despair of his mother. v.i. 3. to lose, give up, or be without hope (often fol. by of): to despair of humanity. v.t. 4. Obs.… …

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  • 29despair — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hopelessness, sadness, dejection, despondency, discouragement. Ant., hope. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. hopelessness, despondency, discouragement; see depression 2 , desperation 1 , gloom 2 . III (Roget s… …

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  • 30dismay — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. consternation, terror; discouragement. v. t. appall; discourage. See fear, dejection. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. alarm, consternation, anxiety, disheartenment; see confusion 2 , fear 2 . v. Syn. appall,… …

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