NEGATIVE STIMULATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does negative stimulation mean? 

• NEGATIVE STIMULATION (noun)
  The noun NEGATIVE STIMULATION has 1 sense:

1. something causing antagonism or loss of interest

  Familiarity information: NEGATIVE STIMULATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEGATIVE STIMULATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something causing antagonism or loss of interest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

negative stimulation; turnoff

Hypernyms ("negative stimulation" is a kind of...):

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

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)