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PRONUNCIATION OF NONTHREATENING

nonthreatening  [ˌnɒnˈθrɛtənɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NONTHREATENING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Nonthreatening is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES NONTHREATENING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of nonthreatening in the English dictionary

The definition of nonthreatening in the dictionary is not presenting any danger or discomfort.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NONTHREATENING


air-conditioning
ˈɛəkənˌdɪʃ ənɪŋ
battening
ˈbætənɪŋ
conditioning
kənˈdɪʃənɪŋ
disheartening
dɪsˈhɑːtənɪŋ
gardening
ˈɡɑːdənɪŋ
governing
ˈɡʌvənɪŋ
happening
ˈhæpənɪŋ
heartening
ˈhɑːtənɪŋ
life-threatening
ˈlaɪfθretənɪŋ
lightening
ˈlaɪtənɪŋ
nonfattening
ˌnɒnˈfætənɪŋ
opening
ˈəʊpənɪŋ
patterning
ˈpætənɪŋ
positioning
pəˈzɪʃənɪŋ
shortening
ˈʃɔːtənɪŋ
sweetening
ˈswiːtənɪŋ
threatening
ˈθrɛtənɪŋ
tightening
ˈtaɪtənɪŋ
unenlightening
ˌʌnɪnˈlaɪtənɪŋ
unthreatening
ʌnˈθretənɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NONTHREATENING

nonterminal
nonterminating
nontheatrical
nontheist
nontheistic
nontheological
nontheoretical
nontherapeutic
nonthermal
nonthinking
nontidal
nontitle
nontobacco
nontonal
nontonic
nontotalitarian
nontoxic
nontraditional
nontragic
nontransferable

WORDS THAT END LIKE NONTHREATENING

awakening
beginning
christening
easy listening
enlightening
evening
fastening
frightening
good evening
grand opening
hardening
intervening
listening
screening
sharpening
strengthening
thickening
weakening
whitening
widening
worsening

Synonyms and antonyms of nonthreatening in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «nonthreatening» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NONTHREATENING

Find out the translation of nonthreatening to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of nonthreatening from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «nonthreatening» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不具威胁性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

no amenazante
570 millions of speakers

English

nonthreatening
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

nonthreatening
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

nonthreatening
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

безобидно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nonthreatening
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

nonthreatening
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rassurant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nonthreatening
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nonthreatening
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

威嚇しない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

위협적
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nonthreatening
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không đe dọa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

nonthreatening
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुरक्षित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tehditkar olmayan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

non minaccioso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nonthreatening
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

необразливо
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nonthreatening
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

nonthreatening
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nonthreatening
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nonthreatening
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nonthreatening
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nonthreatening

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NONTHREATENING»

The term «nonthreatening» is regularly used and occupies the 99.937 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NONTHREATENING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about nonthreatening

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NONTHREATENING»

Discover the use of nonthreatening in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nonthreatening and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology: Interpersonal Processes
To “walk through” the possible subsequent outcomes, let us first consider the part of the model that applies when an individual perceives that a situation is nonthreatening (i.e., that no danger-zone issue is likely to emerge that might force the ...
Garth Fletcher, Margaret S. Clark, 2008
2
Social Cognition: The Basis of Human Interaction
In fact, it does seem that threatening stimuli, both words and faces, do hold visual attention more strongly than nonthreatening stimuli. Fox and colleagues (2002) used a modified exogenous cueing paradigm in which a participant's atten- tion ...
Fritz Strack, Jens Förster, 2011
3
Emotional Intelligence in Everyday Life
[65], perceivers should be motivated to attain at least moderate levels of accuracy when inferring their partners' thoughts and feelings in nonthreatening contexts. Accordingly, in nonthreatening situations in which no danger zones are ...
John H. Beck, 2006
4
Social Psychology Alive
Figure 9.7 presents the mean performance scores for women and men in the nonthreatening and threatening conditions. As predicted, women performed just as well as men in the nonthreatening condition. In contrast, women in the stereotype ...
Steven Breckler, James Olson, Elizabeth Wiggins, 2005
5
Handbook of Emotion Elicitation and Assessment
For example, in a study cited by MacLeod (1990), the priming stimuli were sentences that each permitted a threatening and a nonthreatening interpretation ( e.g., “working behind bars gave Sammy a different view of life”). Target stimuli were ...
Department of Psychology University of Virginia James A. Coan Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology University of Arizona John J.B. Allen Professor, 2007
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Handbook of Affective Sciences
By additionally introducing ambiguous variants of the original sentences in the recognition memory task the authors obtained separate measures of memory for threatening, nonthreatening, and ambiguous features of the original sentences.
Richard J. Davidson William James and Vilas Research Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry Director of the Laboratory of Affective Neuroscience University of Wisconsin, Klaus R. Scherer Professor of Psychology University of Geneva, Department of Psychology University of Wisconsin H. Hill Goldsmith Leona Tyler Professor of Psychology, 2002
7
Translating Psychological Research Into Practice
... avoiding eye contact, and replacing it with making eye contact. He then imaginally practiced responding to anxiogenic thoughts with three alternative nonthreatening and even positive thoughts that were generated via cognitive therapy (CT).
Lisa Grossman, Steven Walfish, PhD, 2013
8
Bring Them Back Alive: Helping Teens Get Out and Stay Out of ...
they don't show you respect. You have to set the tone. You have to be the role model. You have to continue to be nonthreatening. Remember, too, that teenagers will hear you if you are nonthreatening even before they begin to respond to you.
José M. de Olivares, 2004
9
Close Romantic Relationships: Maintenance and Enhancement
We begin by considering the part of the model that applies when an individual perceives that a situation is nonthreatening in the sense that no danger zone issue is likely to emerge that might force the partners to confront each other's deepest ...
John H. Harvey, Amy Wenzel, 2001
10
Interviewing in Criminal Justice: Victims, Witnesses, ...
Vivian Lord, Allen D. Cowan. Nonthreatening Questions Nonthreatening Questions No matter if the interviews are investigative or helping, interviewees will not be motivated to respond honestly or completely if they feel threatened.
Vivian Lord, Allen D. Cowan, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NONTHREATENING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term nonthreatening is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Police Have Too Much Power Over Motorists
Imagine that, after Bland refused to put out her cigarette, the police officer considered the trivial and nonthreatening nature of her defiance, ... «The New Republic, Jul 15»
2
Sex talk: Disease experts track down at-risk teens
"This familiarity is essential to nonthreatening interaction," Norman said, especially with people who may be suspicious of government ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»
3
How 4-year-old students talk about love and marriage today
So it is seen as nonthreatening. Parents trust that, as a teacher, I can talk about heterosexual marriage without the conversation being ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
4
Editorial: Arming recruiters presents problems, but would make sense
Recruiting offices also want to be seen as nonthreatening places for civilians to enter to find out about joining the military. The order not to arm ... «Longview News-Journal, Jul 15»
5
My Dunkin' Donuts Cops Adventure
... me that No U-turn signs have massively proliferated in recent years — criminalizing behavior that was formerly considered nonthreatening. «CounterPunch, Jul 15»
6
National Guard Seeks More Drones For Domestic Missions
But those nonthreatening cargo planes, often used to ferry supplies during disasters, have been replaced by something a bit more ominous ... «Delaware First Media, Jul 15»
7
'Cops & Barbers' town halls founder takes conversation to Washington
But his idea to bring community members together with police officers in nonthreatening town hall meetings has resonated in Charlotte and in ... «Charlotte Observer, Jul 15»
8
Everyone Likes Red and Pink Candies Best—and Sweets …
Mogelonsky speculated that red was nonthreatening and lacked the acidic quality that can turn people off lemons and other citruses. But it's not ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
9
Indian Charity Wants All Stray Dogs, Monkeys Shipped Out Of New …
New Delhi has a large number of stray dogs, some of which are friendly and nonthreatening. Others, however, are reportedly ill-tempered and ... «International Business Times, Jul 15»
10
3 Nuclear Energy Stocks to Buy at Bargain Levels
... energy is being pushed into the driving seat as it's the only large-scale way to produce electricity in an environmentally nonthreatening way. «Investorplace.com, Jul 15»

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