Timeline for Is it possible to use "demotivate" with something not related to studying or job?
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| Oct 26, 2015 at 5:34 | vote | accept | Dmitry Sopov | ||
| Oct 18, 2015 at 21:13 | answer | added | Graffito | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 18, 2015 at 20:37 | answer | added | WS2 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 18, 2015 at 20:33 | answer | added | Papa Poule | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 18, 2015 at 19:42 | answer | added | Elian | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 18, 2015 at 19:30 | comment | added | Papa Poule | Your question is pretty cool, imo, because people, young and old, can be motivated /have motivation to head in both positive AND negative directions, so why wouldn’t/couldn’t demotivation work both ways? I have no answer as to why or why not, but personally I’ve never seen demotivate/demotivation used positively to discourage someone [away] from negative behavior. | |
| Oct 18, 2015 at 19:17 | comment | added | chasly - supports Monica | It doesn't work for me because it carries a sense of making them less enthusiastic. You don't want to make young people unenthusiastic. You want to make them more enthusiastic but about something different. Let's see if there are other opinions. | |
| Oct 18, 2015 at 19:06 | comment | added | Dmitry Sopov | @chaslyfromUK I've edited the post | |
| Oct 18, 2015 at 19:05 | history | edited | Dmitry Sopov | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 18, 2015 at 19:02 | comment | added | chasly - supports Monica | It is very difficult to answer questions that are framed in the negative. It is rather like saying, "What is a word that doesn't mean 'rabbit?'" -- there are too many answers. It also makes it difficult for us if you say, "do something". It's much better to use an actual verb and an actual thing. Please can you give an example of a scenario and a sentence where you would want to use the word? | |
| Oct 18, 2015 at 18:52 | history | asked | Dmitry Sopov | CC BY-SA 3.0 |