Hypernyms for "stimulation"
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Hypernyms
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activation
caressing
conditioned stimulus
cuddling
cue
discriminative stimulus
elicitation
evocation
feel
fondling
galvanisation
galvanization
hugging
induction
kick
kissing
necking
negative stimulation
negative stimulus
petting
positive stimulus
reinforcement
reinforcer
reinforcing stimulus
smooching
snuggling
turnoff
turn-on
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.