stimulation

noun

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Senses

the act of arousing an organism to action

any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action

(physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.)

mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse

Sense	Relation	Group	Word
1	derivation	Related & opposite	cause
1	hypernym	Types & categories	arousal
1	hyponym	Types & categories	galvanization
2	derivation	Related & opposite	stimulate
2	derivation	Related & opposite	cause
2	derivation	Related & opposite	provoke
2	derivation	Related & opposite	stir
2	hypernym	Types & categories	information
2	hyponym	Types & categories	elicitation
2	hyponym	Types & categories	kick
2	hyponym	Types & categories	turn-on
2	hyponym	Types & categories	turnoff
2	hyponym	Types & categories	conditioned stimulus
2	hyponym	Types & categories	reinforcing stimulus
2	hyponym	Types & categories	discriminative stimulus
2	hyponym	Types & categories	positive stimulus
2	hyponym	Types & categories	negative stimulus
3	domain topic	Related & opposite	physiology
3	hypernym	Types & categories	natural process
3	hyponym	Types & categories	activation
3	hyponym	Types & categories	galvanization
4	hypernym	Types & categories	sexual activity
4	hyponym	Types & categories	caressing
4	hyponym	Types & categories	feel