1 [U] a feeling that you no longer have the confidence or enthusiasm to do sth:
an atmosphere of discouragement and despair
2 [U] the action of trying to stop sth:
the government's discouragement of political protest
3 [C] a thing that discourages sb from doing sth:
Despite all these discouragements, she refused to give up. * The rise in fuel prices is intended to act as a discouragement to car users from using their cars.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is discouragement a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, discouragement is tagged as noun.
Does discouragement appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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