Antonyms for stimulation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : stim-yuh-leyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈstɪm yəˌleɪt |
Definition of stimulation
Origin :- 1520s, "act of pricking or stirring to action," from Latin stimulationem (nominative stimulatio), from stimulare "prick, goad, urge," from stimulus "spur, goad," from PIE *sti- "point, prick, pierce" (see stick (v.)).
- noun provocation
- And yet no, not paralyzing; he could not but recognize that the shock had in reality been a stimulation.
- Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
- Slowly, the stimulation of the encounter faded, and he shook his head.
- Extract from : « Millennium » by Everett B. Cole
- He does not lay stress on the stimulation of vanity and false pride.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- The stimulation is supplied by the salts also secreted by these glands.
- Extract from : « The Biology, Physiology and Sociology of Reproduction » by Winfield S. Hall
- His environment and the company had given him a fair degree of stimulation.
- Extract from : « Eben Holden » by Irving Bacheller
- But the target of an immobile can lacked in stimulation to concord of nerve and eye.
- Extract from : « Desert Dust » by Edwin L. Sabin
- He had neither the dread nor the stimulation of coming danger.
- Extract from : « Jeff Briggs's Love Story » by Bret Harte
- What, therefore, was wanted was not stimulation, but repose.
- Extract from : « Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why » by Martha M. Allen
- The stimulation of fireworks, or of kaleidoscopic effects, seems to us trivial.
- Extract from : « The Sense of Beauty » by George Santayana
- In a few hours the initial effects of stimulation had worn off.
- Extract from : « The Blue Germ » by Martin Swayne
Synonyms for stimulation
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