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discouragement

noun

Etymology

From discourage + -ment.

  1. derived from descouragier
  2. derived from descourager
  3. suffixed as discouragement — “discourage + ment”

Definitions

  1. The loss of confidence or enthusiasm.

  2. The act of discouraging.

  3. Anything that discourages.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at discouragement. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01discouragement02confidence03faith04belief05actuality06live07persevere

A definitional loop anchored at discouragement. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at discouragement

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA