Deterrence is the prevention of something, especially war or crime, by having something such as weapons or punishment to use as a threat.
...policies of nuclear deterrence.
Synonyms: prevention, obstruction, inhibition, hindrance More Synonyms of deterrence
deterrence in American English
(diˈtɜrəns; dɪˈtɜrəns; also, Chiefly British and Canadian diˈtɛrəns; dɪˈtɛrəns)
noun
1.
the act of deterring
2.
the policy or practice of stockpiling nuclear weapons to deter another nation from making a nuclear attack
Examples of 'deterrence' in a sentence
deterrence
It added that it was a'step towards reinforcing the policy of credible minimum deterrence '.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
This argument appeals to critics of nuclear deterrence.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
These are the circumstances in which robust conventional deterrence would settle the argument.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Two distinct approaches to minimum deterrence can be identified.
McInnes, Colin NATO's Changing Strategic Agenda (1990)
The length of that term was required to reflect the requirements of punishment and deterrence.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
That is why conventional deterrence is so important.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This led to the position of minimum deterrence outlined below.
McInnes, Colin NATO's Changing Strategic Agenda (1990)
Different geographic perspectives tend to produce different attitudes to conventional deterrence.
Mcinnes, Colin & Sheffield G.D (eds.) Warfare in the Twentieth Century (1988)
It is partly through this fear of technological instability that nuclear deterrence has promoted rather than restrained arms races.
McInnes, Colin NATO's Changing Strategic Agenda (1990)
But punishment and deterrence matters too.
The Sun (2013)
In the deterrence of war and in war itself, will is important.
Abshire, David M. Preventing World War III - A Realistic Grand Strategy (1988)
This meets only two of the three main purposes of prison: punishment and deterrence.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Nuclear deterrence is less likely to fail than conventional deterrence, since the risks are so great.
Hirst, Paul After Thatcher (1989)
The only purposes of sentencing which they recognise are punishment and deterrence, rehabilitation does not enter the picture.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
At the heart of minimum deterrence is the conviction that it is in no one's interest to go nuclear.
McInnes, Colin NATO's Changing Strategic Agenda (1990)
When change does occur, nuclear deterrence is not well equipped to meet the demands of a system in flux.
McInnes, Colin NATO's Changing Strategic Agenda (1990)
Concern over the implications for deterrence of reducing the emphasis on nuclear weapons lay at the centre of many of the doubts expressed over minimum deterrence.
McInnes, Colin NATO's Changing Strategic Agenda (1990)
The problem with conventional deterrence by denial is in ensuring that a potential aggressor does not perceive the chance of victory as a risk worth taking.
McInnes, Colin NATO's Changing Strategic Agenda (1990)
We do know, though, that nuclear deterrence keeps the peace.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Then there is Cold War nuclear deterrence.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Sentencing is not just about rehabilitation, it also has to meet the needs of punishment and deterrence and short sentences have to be used for those purposes.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In other languages
deterrence
British English: deterrence NOUN
Deterrence is the prevention of something, especially war or crime, by having something such as weapons or punishment to use as a threat.
...policies of nuclear deterrence.
American English: deterrence
Brazilian Portuguese: dissuasão
Chinese: 威慑
European Spanish: disuasión
French: dissuasion
German: Abschreckung
Italian: deterrenza
Japanese: 抑止
Korean: 제지
European Portuguese: dissuasão
Latin American Spanish: disuasión
(noun)
policies of nuclear deterrence
Synonyms
prevention
the prevention of crime
obstruction
drivers parking near his house and causing an obstruction
inhibition
A country's size is no inhibition to producing a top team.
hindrance
Higher rates have been a hindrance to economic recovery.
disincentive
High tax rates may act as a disincentive to working longer hours.
discouragement
Uncertainty is one of the major discouragements to investment.
dissuasion
Additional synonyms
in the sense of discouragement
Uncertainty is one of the major discouragements to investment.
Synonyms
deterrent,
opposition,
obstacle,
curb,
check,
setback,
restraint,
constraint,
impediment,
hindrance,
damper,
disincentive
in the sense of disincentive
Definition
something that discourages someone from behaving or acting in a particular way
High tax rates may act as a disincentive to working longer hours.