Home › Words › D › dissuasivenessdissuasivenessdissuasiveness · noun — the quality of being dissuasive.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom dissuasive + -ness.nounThe quality of being dissuasive.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.dissuasory 82% match — Tending to dissuade; dissuasive. vs dissuasiveness →dissuading 80% match — A dissuasion. vs dissuasiveness →dissuasionary 80% match — Serving to dissuade. vs dissuasiveness →dissuasively 80% match — In a dissuasive manner. vs dissuasiveness →dissuasion 77% match — the act or an instance of dissuading vs dissuasiveness →dissuasive 73% match — Tending to dissuade, or divert from a measure or purpose; dehortatory. vs dissuasiveness →dissuader 70% match — One who dissuades. vs dissuasiveness →unpersuasiveness 69% match — The quality of being unpersuasive; lack of persuasiveness. vs dissuasiveness →