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deterrent effect meaning, deterrent effect definition | English Cobuild dictionary. deterrent. 1 n-count A deterrent is something that prevents people from doing something by making them afraid of what will happen to them if they do it. They seriously believe that capital punishment is a deterrent...
At play is the so-called âonline disinhibition effect,â which predicts that when people's identity is hidden, their actions or words have no consequences, thus their inhibitions drop. Disinhibition leads to more drinking, and getting drunk increases disinhibition.