BusinessAugust 28, 2026

disincentivizing

dis-in-SEN-tih-vahy-zing

Definition

Discouraging or removing the motivation for someone to take a specific action.

Etymology

Formed by adding the prefix 'dis-' (meaning 'reversal' or 'negation') to 'incentivize', which itself derives from the Latin 'incantare' meaning to stimulate or set in motion.

In the news

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