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English noun: stimulation | |||
| 1. | stimulation (act) the act of arousing an organism to action | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | arousal, rousing | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | galvanisation, galvanization | ||
| 2. | stimulation (cognition) any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action | ||
| Synonyms | input, stimulant, stimulus | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | information | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | conditioned stimulus, cue, discriminative stimulus, elicitation, evocation, induction, kick, negative stimulation, negative stimulus, positive stimulus, reinforcement, reinforcer, reinforcing stimulus, turn-on, turnoff | ||
| 3. | stimulation (process) (physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | action, activity, natural action, natural process | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | activation, galvanisation, galvanization | ||
| Domain category | physiology | ||
| 4. | stimulation (act) mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse | ||
| Synonyms | arousal, foreplay | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | caressing, cuddling, feel, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling | ||
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