POSITIVE STIMULUS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A stimulus with desirable consequences

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("positive stimulus" is a kind of...):

input; stimulant; stimulation; stimulus (any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "positive stimulus"):

bonus; fillip (anything that tends to arouse)

delight; joy; pleasure (something or someone that provides a source of happiness)

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