Usually means: Intended to deter or discourage.
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  1. dissuasory: Collins English Dictionary
  2. dissuasory: Wordnik
  3. dissuasory: Wiktionary
  4. Dissuasory: Dictionary.com
  5. Dissuasory: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. dissuasory: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Dissuasory: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. dissuasory: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Dissuasory: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Tending to dissuade; dissuasive.

Similar:
dissuasive, dissuasionary, dehortative, detractive, dehortatory, dissipatory, deterrent, eliminatory, dissipative, disspiriting, more...

Opposite:
persuasive, encouraging, convincing

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Similar:
dissuasive, dissuasionary, dehortative, detractive, dehortatory, dissipatory, deterrent, eliminatory, dissipative, disspiriting, more...

Opposite:
persuasive, encouraging, convincing



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