Behavior Change Vocabulary

noun a person or thing that dissuades

verb to persuade someone not to do something

• The lawyer tried to dissuade her client from pursuing a costly lawsuit.
• I tried to dissuade my friend from getting that questionable tattoo.
• I couldn't dissuade him from going to that party, even though I knew it would be a disaster.
• The storm clouds did not dissuade the hikers from reaching the mountain peak.

noun a word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things

verb a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence

pronoun a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g., I, you) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g., she, it)

• It is imperative that you change your ways in order to achieve success in your career.
• Hey, you really need to change your ways if you want to avoid getting in trouble.
• Dude, you gotta switch things up and change your ways before it's too late.
• Like a river that must change its course, you too must change your ways to adapt to new challenges.