discouragement

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

dis·cour·age·ment [discouragement discouragements] BrE [dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒmənt] NAmE [dɪsˈkɜːrɪdʒmənt] noun
1. uncountable a feeling that you no longer have the confidence or enthusiasm to do sth
•an atmosphere of discouragement and despair
2. uncountable the action of trying to stop sth
•the government's discouragement of political protest
3. countable 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.

Example Bank:
•the government's discouragement of political protest

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  disheartenment, dismay