stimulation
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4.1
- noun
- /ˌstɪmjuˈleɪʃən/
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estimulación
- Children thrive on stimulation from their environment, which helps develop their curiosity.
- sensory stimulation
- intellectual stimulation
- mental stimulation
They need that caregiver to provide a lot of language and stimulation and help them understand their feelings.
- They need that caregiver to provide a lot of language and stimulation and help them understand their feelings.
- Or they simply feel a restlessness and they're constantly seeking stimulation.
- Your brain craves new ideas and stimulation, and reading is one of the best ways to explore them.
- I, I couldn't find the stimulation and the excitement or whatever you call it.
- Now I'm in bed and I'll open up TikTok and of course it's stimulation.
- The excessive psychic stimulation in a large city would cause withdrawal.
- And it's because you're so used to the up and down emotions and mental stimulation that this old relationship gave you.
- Both represented fascinating challenge, intellectual stimulation, true unlimited upside potential.
- That is life, health, stimulation, access to the living, cultural and social world.
- It's a basic need and deprivation of this kind of stimulation led to some very uncomfortable states.
- And then and then we turn around and say, we got, we have our kids on these screens, like from birth, constant stimulation, constant noise.
- There's a few people I forget from where they've created these incredible visual illustrations of like visual stimulation from the eye or something like that.
- They started opening new rehabilitation centers to provide care for the children that require early stimulation.
- I just didn't consider how tough it would be in a cabin with, like, not our usual comforts and toys and stimulation.
- So by understanding that, I just limit the amount of time that I'm doing things that are producing intense stimulation.
- And then the first stimulation that comes within the scene fuels.
Examples
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Even though everyone enjoys visiting, casual conversation does not offer the mental stimulation necessary for learning.
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Mental stimulation plus a regimented schedule will vastly improve your cognitive functioning.
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It's a whole world of stimulation and experience.
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Well, like activity related stimulation, but I am, I am interested in mental stimulation, if that makes sense.
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That is life, health, stimulation, access to the living, cultural and social world.
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The principal aim was the stimulation of economic growth by 2.5% per year.
Academic text (1990) -
Benefits to the parents include information, intellectual stimulation, understanding, support, and a sense of community.
Academic text (1999) -
Your brain craves new ideas and stimulation, and reading is one of the best ways to explore them.
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We crave stimulation for its own sake.
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Sanity and personality need the stimulation of nature, society, and meaning to give them form.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
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2.7
A reason or desire that makes someone want to do something
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4.5
Something that causes a person, animal, or plant to respond
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6.3
Something that makes someone want to do something
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5.0
Something that makes activity or interest increase
Something like praise or a reward that makes someone do something again
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Etymology
Stimulation comes from the Latin stimulus, which meant 'goad', a stick used to make animals move, so think of a small push that wakes interest. That's why stimulation means something that 'urges' or encourages activity, interest, or enthusiasm.