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stimulus

stim·u·lus
S s

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [stim-yuh-luh s]
    • /ˈstɪm yə ləs/
    • /ˈstɪm.jʊ.ləs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [stim-yuh-luh s]
    • /ˈstɪm yə ləs/

Definitions of stimulus word

  • noun plural stimulus something that incites to action or exertion or quickens action, feeling, thought, etc.: The approval of others is a potent stimulus. 1
  • noun plural stimulus Physiology, Medicine/Medical. something that excites an organism or part to functional activity. 1
  • noun stimulus sth stimulating action 1
  • variable noun stimulus A stimulus is something that encourages activity in people or things. 0
  • noun stimulus something that stimulates or acts as an incentive 0
  • noun stimulus any drug, agent, electrical impulse, or other factor able to cause a response in an organism 0
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Origin of stimulus

First appearance:

before 1605
One of the 40% oldest English words
1605-15; < Latin: a goad

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Parts of speech for Stimulus

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Stimulus

stimulus popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for stimulus

noun stimulus

  • actuation — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
  • actuations — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
  • analeptic — (of a drug, etc) stimulating the central nervous system
  • carrot — Carrots are long, thin, orange-coloured vegetables. They grow under the ground, and have green shoots above the ground.
  • determinant — A determinant of something causes it to be of a particular kind or to happen in a particular way.
All 43 Synonyms of stimulus

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Related words

  • generalization

    the act or process of generalizing.

  • conditioned response

    a response that is transferred from the second to the first of a pair of stimuli. A well-known Pavlovian example is salivation by a dog when it hears a bell ring, because food has always been presented when the bell has been rung previously

  • desensitization

    the act or process of desensitizing.

  • sense

    any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body: My sense of smell tells me that dinner is ready.

  • conditioning

    the learning process by which the behaviour of an organism becomes dependent on an event occurring in its environment

  • reciprocal inhibition

    the theory that the pairing of an anxiety-provoking stimulus with anxiety-reducing reactions will weaken the association between the stimulus and the anxiety.
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