Synonyms for discourages
dis·cour·ages

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1. List of paraphrases for "discourages":

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1. Thorsten J. Pattberg:

   Few people realize that the Bible discourages people from studying foreign languages.

2. Jeb Bush:

   I think the American people expect some sharp elbows in a campaign, i think what really discourages them, post-campaign, is the inability to govern in a way that is congenial.

3. Amit Etkin:

   As a clinician and neuroscientist, I would argue it validates a sense a lot of clinicians implicitly have, but our diagnosis system discourages— that there are a lot of similarities between the way patients with different disorders process information, [The findings] allow us to think a little bit more flexibly about our patients and focus on things that don’t fit into [Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)] categories.

4. Souleymane Berthé:

   The cost of initial investment discourages many wanting to shift to solar energy.

5. Saskia Popescu:

   On a personal level, it discourages people from coming forward, from being transparent. You're more likely to have people try and go about travel in less direct ways, which would then totally negate the purpose of that, you're forcing people into situations that could more actively promote disease transmission.