促進|そくしんsokushin[0]heiban (flat)

1. suru verb, transitive verb, no-adjectivepromotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
   彼かれは平和へいわを促進そくしんするために尽力じんりょくした。↗

   He worked hard to promote peace.

• Synonym推進すいしんNeutralPushes a policy or plan forward, stressing active implementation, as in 「推進委員会」; 「促進」 focuses on making progress faster.
• Synonym促すうながすNeutralA verb for urging or prompting, also spurring something on, as in 「注意を促す」; 「促進」 is a noun, mostly seen in compounds.
• Related加速かそくNeutralMeans speeding up, as in 「景気が加速する」; 「促進」 is about moving things along, not necessarily about speed.
• Related亢進こうしんWrittenWritten/formal prose for a degree gradually rising, as in 「機能亢進」「インフレの亢進」, usually negative; 「促進」 speeds progress and is mostly positive.
• Related勧めるすすめるNeutralPersuades or recommends that a person do something; its target is people, while 「促進」 is about moving things forward.
• Related勧奨かんしょうWrittenWritten/formal prose for urging or encouraging an action, as in 「退職勧奨」; directed at people, whereas 「促進」 targets progress itself.
• Related進めるすすめるNeutralA verb meaning to move something ahead, as in 「計画を進める」; 「促進」 stresses making progress faster.
• RelatedプロモートNeutralA loanword for promoting or marketing products and events; narrow in use, while 「促進」 applies broadly to all kinds of progress.
• Related奨励しょうれいNeutralEncourages or promotes a behavior as desirable, as in 「奨励金」; its object is people's actions, while 「促進」 targets progress.
• Related早めるはやめるNeutralA verb for moving something earlier or hastening it, as in 「予定を早める」; 「促進」 is about furthering progress.
• Related作興さっこうWrittenRare written/formal prose for rousing morale or invigorating something, as in 「士気の作興」; 「促進」 is about advancing progress.
• Related振起しんきWrittenRare written/formal prose for rousing or inspiring spirit; 「促進」 covers the far broader task of moving things along.
• Antonym抑制よくせいNeutralHolds something back so it does not develop, as in 「食欲を抑制」 — the opposite of 「促進」, which pushes things forward.
• Antonym阻止そしNeutralBlocks something so it cannot go ahead, as in 「侵入を阻止」 — the reverse of 「促進」, which drives progress on.
• Antonym妨害ぼうがいNeutralInterferes with or obstructs what others are doing, as in 「営業妨害」 — the opposite of 「促進」, which furthers progress.

Use 「促進」 to make something progress faster, as in 「販売促進」. Pick 「推進」 to actively push a policy or plan, 「促す」 to urge or prompt someone, and 「奨励」 to encourage a behavior. The antonyms 「抑制」 and 「阻止」 hold things back or stop them.

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1. 物事ものごとが進すすむように促うながすこと。そのように努力どりょくすること。