Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disincentivize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables: dis-in-cen-tivize
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To discourage or demotivate by means of a disincentive.

American usage; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The problem is that it would be difficult to use a joker offensively since you could never know how it was going to move, meaning it’d be most useful setting it up for potential queen/rook captures to disincentivize your opponent from moving those pieces."
"In the case of Ms. Peltola, her two Republican opponents, Ms. Palin and Nick Begich, went at each other hammer and tong, somehow missing the fact that they were disincentivizing their supporters from ranking either of them as their second choice."

Etymology

From disincentive + -ize or dis- + incentivize.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: disincentive, dis-
Suffix: -ize, incentivize

Usage

American usage
Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

disincentivizes (present, singular) disincentivizing (participle, present) disincentivized (participle, past) disincentivized (past) disincentivise (alternative)

Synonyms

deincentivize

Antonyms

incentivize

Questions

What does disincentivize mean?: To discourage or demotivate by means of a disincentive.
Where does disincentivize come from?: From disincentive + -ize or dis- + incentivize.

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