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单词 dehortative
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dehortativeadj.n.

/dɪˈhɔːtətɪv/
Etymology: < Latin dēhortātīvus, < participial stem of dēhortārī : see -ive suffix.
A. adj.
Having the quality or purpose of dehorting; dehortatory.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > [adjective] > dissuasive
dehorting1553
dissuasorya1575
dehortatory1576
dissuading1580
dissuasive1609
dehortative1620
retractive1635
1620 Woodward in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) I. 181 Wryting..a dehortative letter against the match with Spayn.
a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1838) III. 301 The words of the Apostle..are exhortative and dehortative.
B. n.
A dehortative address or argument.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > [noun] > dissuasion > that which > address or argument
expostulation1597
dehortatory1649
dehortative1671
1671 R. McWard True Non-conformist 431 His words after the usual manner of dehortatives, do seem some what tending to the contrary extreme.
1824 L.-M. Hawkins Mem. II. 12 My father suggested that the horse-pond might be the best dehortative.
1850 L. Hunt Autobiogr. (1860) v. 102 The doctor..warned me against the perils of authorship; adding, as a final dehortative, that ‘the shelves were full’.
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