誘因|ゆういんyuuin[0]heiban (flat)

1. nouncontributing cause; exciting cause; incentive; motive

• SynonymインセンティブNeutralLoanword for rewards and incentive schemes, with a business/economics flavor; 「誘因」 instead points to the cause that sets something off.
• Synonym刺激しげきNeutralA stimulus that excites the senses or emotions and spurs action; it does not specifically denote a triggering cause.
• Related励みはげみNeutralSomething that spurs a person on to effort, as in 「励みになる」; carries a positive emotional tone.
• Related導因どういんWrittenWritten, formal word for the cause that led to a state; used rarely, and close in sense to 「誘因」.
• Antonym結果けっかNeutralA result or outcome; it stands at the opposite end from 「誘因」, the cause that sets something off.
• Antonym帰結きけつWrittenWritten word for the final result that an argument or action arrives at; the counterpart of 「誘因」 as a triggering cause.
• Antonym抑制要因WrittenA factor that suppresses or holds something back from happening — the opposite of 「誘因」 as a contributing cause.

Use 「誘因」 for a factor that triggers an illness or event, as in 「事故の誘因となる」. For rewards or incentive schemes say 「インセンティブ」, for encouragement 「励み」, and for results 「結果」.

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1. ある作用さようを引き起ひきおこす直接ちょくせつの原因げんいん。