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POSITIVE STIMULUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does positive stimulus mean?
• POSITIVE STIMULUS (noun)
The noun POSITIVE STIMULUS has 1 sense:
1. a stimulus with desirable consequences
Familiarity information: POSITIVE STIMULUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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