抑止|よくしyokushi[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbkeeping in check; holding back; deterrence; restraint; suppression

• Synonym抑制よくせいWrittenWritten register. Covers curbing growth or emotions, as in 「物価抑制」; 「抑止」 leans toward preventing an act from happening in the first place.
• Synonym抑えおさえNeutralNeutral noun for pressing down or keeping control, also a relief pitcher, as in 「抑えが効く」; 「抑止」 is about preventing an act from occurring.
• Synonym抑えるおさえるNeutralNeutral verb for holding down or controlling, as in 「感情を抑える」; 「抑止」 is a written-style noun.
• SynonymセーブCasualColloquial loanword for conserving or holding back, also saving data, as in 「体力をセーブ」; 「抑止」 is about preventing an act.
• Synonym制止せいしWrittenWritten register. Stopping someone's words or actions on the spot, as in 「制止を振り切る」; 「抑止」 checks a situation from arising or spreading.
• Synonym阻止そしWrittenWritten register. Stopping something from going ahead, as in 「侵入を阻止」; 「抑止」 checks a situation from arising or spreading.
• Related制御せいぎょWrittenWritten register. Controlling machines or emotions, as in 「自動制御」; 「抑止」 leans toward preventing an act from happening.
• RelatedコントロールNeutralLoanword for controlling or adjusting, as in 「体重コントロール」; 「抑止」 is about preventing an act from occurring.
• Related規制きせいWrittenWritten register. Limiting by rules, as in 「規制緩和」; 「抑止」 leans toward preventing an act from happening.
• Related制限せいげんWrittenWritten register. Setting boundaries that restrict, as in 「年齢制限」; 「抑止」 leans toward preventing an act itself.
• Related制約せいやくWrittenWritten register. Constraints imposed by conditions, as in 「時間の制約」; 「抑止」 leans toward preventing an act from happening.
• Related統制とうせいWrittenWritten register. Unified state control, as in 「言論統制」; 「抑止」 leans toward preventing an act from occurring.
• Related管制かんせいWrittenWritten register. Centralized control, as in 「航空管制」 and 「灯火管制」; 「抑止」 leans toward preventing an act.
• Related制するせいするWrittenWritten verb for controlling, reining in or winning, as in 「試合を制する」; 「抑止」 is a noun.
• Related抑圧よくあつWrittenWritten register. Forcible suppression or psychological repression, as in 「言論抑圧」; 「抑止」 leans toward preventing an act.
• Related取り締まりとりしまりNeutralNeutral noun for police crackdowns and supervision, as in 「交通取り締まり」; 「抑止」 aims to check a situation from arising.
• Related押さえつけるおさえつけるNeutralNeutral verb for pressing down hard or suppressing another's activity; 「抑止」 instead deters an act through various means.
• Related統御とうぎょWrittenWritten register. Commanding and steering a whole group; 「抑止」 instead leans toward preventing an act from happening.
• Relatedせき止めるせきとめるNeutralNeutral verb for damming up water or halting momentum, as in 「流れをせき止める」; 「抑止」 aims to check a situation from arising.
• Antonym促進そくしんWrittenWritten register. Promoting or speeding something up, as in 「販売促進」; the direct opposite of 「抑止」, which blocks rather than advances.
• Antonym助長じょちょうWrittenWritten register. Fostering something, often with unintended harm, as in 「差別を助長」; stands opposite to 「抑止」, which blocks.

Use 「抑止」 for deterring an act or situation with various means before it happens or spreads, as in 「核抑止力」, 「犯罪抑止」, 「感染拡大を抑止する」. For curbing growth or emotions pick 「抑制」; for stopping someone on the spot, 「制止」; for blocking something, 「阻止」. 「促進」 and 「助長」 are its opposites.

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1. 抑え付おさえつけて止とめること。何なんらかの行為こういをさまざまな手段しゅだんによりさせないようにすること。食い止くいとめること。