deterrence

English

Etymology

From the stem of deterrent +‎ -ence.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪˈtɛɹəns/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

deterrence (countable and uncountable, plural deterrences)

1. The act of deterring, or the state of being deterred.
2. Action taken by states or alliances of nations against equally powerful alliances to prevent hostile action.
3. The art of producing in one's enemy the fear of attacking.
   1. (specifically) nuclear deterrence: discouraging nuclear attack through the threat of nuclear retaliation.
4. The action of discouraging an action or event by instilling doubt or fear of the penalty or punishment.

Synonyms

• intimidation
• dissuasion

Derived terms

• finite deterrence
• focused deterrence

 

Translations

act of deterring

• Arabic: رَدْع m (radʕ)
• Dutch: ontrading f
• Finnish: estely (fi)
• French: dissuasion (fr) f
• Georgian: შეკავება (šeḳaveba)
• German: Abschreckung (de) f
• Hungarian: elrettentés (hu)
• Portuguese: deterrência (pt) f, dissuasão f
• Russian: удержа́ние (ru) n (uderžánije)
• Spanish: intimidación (es) f, disuasión (es) f

action taken by states or alliances

• Arabic: رَدْع m (radʕ)
• Finnish: pelote (fi)
• Georgian: შეკავება (šeḳaveba), შეკავების პოლიტიკა (šeḳavebis ṗoliṭiḳa)
• German: Abschreckung (de) f
• Greek: αποτροπή (el) f (apotropí)
• Portuguese: deterrência (pt) f
• Spanish: intimidación (es) f
• Swedish: avskräckning (sv) c

art of producing fear of attacking

• Arabic: رَدْع m (radʕ)
• Dutch: afschrikking (nl) f
• Finnish: pelottelu (fi)
• French: dissuasion (fr) f
• German: Abschreckung (de) f
• Portuguese: deterrência (pt) f, intimidação (pt) f
• Russian: устраше́ние (ru) n (ustrašénije), сде́рживание (ru) n (sdérživanije)
• Spanish: disuasión (es) f, intimidación (es) f
• Swedish: avskräckning (sv) c

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• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} afschrikking (nl) f

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