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(transitive) To discourage or demotivate by means of a disincentive..
In the case of Ms. Peltola, her two Republican opponents, Ms. Palin and Nick Begich, went at each other hammer and tong, somehow missing the fact that they were disincentivizing their supporters from ranking either of them as their second choice.
Use disincentivize when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Disincentivize means (transitive) To discourage or demotivate by means of a disincentive..
Common synonyms include deincentivize.
Possible antonyms include incentivize.
In the case of Ms. Peltola, her two Republican opponents, Ms. Palin and Nick Begich, went at each other hammer and tong, somehow missing the fact that they were disincentivizing their supporters from ranking either of them as their second choice.
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