The phrase "discourage engagement" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It means to discourage or prevent someone from getting involved or participating. Example: The strict dress code at work discourages engagement and creativity among employees.
Since platforms that discourage engagement are less profitable, they would have to charge a premium that only affluent, well-educated consumers of the sort that shop at Whole Foods are likely to pay.
"A bear market would discourage engagement on both fronts".
The second subset of developmental issues resulting in 'scholarly' barriers [10, 11, 12] that discourage engagement with Alexander's theory may also be connected conceptual issues and arise from his definition of 'science' [4] and his belief in one 'right' way of building [3].
Religious beliefs might conflict with illness paradigms used by health professionals and could discourage engagement [ 49].
Increased conditionality appears to actually be discouraging engagement with government support and removing people from benefit claims altogether, rather than improving their chances of securing employment.
As noted by one respondent, inability to access study results, perhaps because they are " behind a 'pay wall'", served to distance gatekeepers from research, further discouraging engagement.
Women reported that they believed an understanding of contextual factors to be imperative to understanding their mental illness and that professionals' minimising of these factors discouraged engagement.
In 2004, the government started to distribute food packages (cesta básica) to Bombas residents, containing items such as rice, beans, maize, flour, sugar, coffee, pasta, and cooking oil, many items traditionally cultivated and processed in the community, thus discouraging engagement in traditional agricultural practices.
Relying on academic peer review as a means of valuing research can discourage broader engagement.
In doing so, they discourage civic engagement at a time when debates over deficits and taxes should make young people pay more attention, not less.
Others have suggested that campaigns like these give young people a false sense of accomplishment and discourage real engagement in social issues.
