No. 9,584 in French
démotive
"Démotive" means "demotivates" or "disheartens" in English.
In a sentence
Elle se démotive facilement face aux difficultés.
She loses motivation easily when faced with difficulties.
In this sentence, 'se démotive' is used reflexively to indicate the subject (she) loses her motivation.
Ce genre de critique démotive souvent les étudiants.
This kind of criticism often demotivates the students.
'Démotive' here is used transitively to convey that an external factor, the criticism, reduces the motivation of the students.
Le manque de progrès m'a démotivé pendant un moment.
The lack of progress demotivated me for a while.
In this sentence, 'a démotivé' is used in the past tense to describe the action of losing motivation caused by an external factor, in this case, the lack of progress.
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