Meanings
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verb
to make someone unwilling or reluctant to do or accept something
The hostile reception may disincline investors to support the proposal.
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Word family
Forms
disinclined
Etymology
From dis- ('away, apart; reversing') + incline, modeled on the contrast between inclination and disinclination. The verb is now rare outside its past participle disinclined, meaning 'unwilling or reluctant.'