stimulant

Definitions of stimulant
  1. noun
    a positive motivational influence
    synonyms: encouragement
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    mobile rationnel, motif rationnel
    a motive that can be defended by reasoning or logical argument
  2. noun
    a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
    synonyms: encouragement
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    encouragement
    the expression of approval and support
  3. noun
    any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
    synonyms: stimulus
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    stimulus positif
    a stimulus with desirable consequences
    stimulus négatif
    a stimulus with undesirable consequences
    joie
    something or someone that provides a source of happiness
    nuisance, personne désagréable
    something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
    ennui, inquiétude, souci
    something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
    chagrin, tristesse
    something that causes great unhappiness
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    connaissance
    knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
  4. noun
    a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process
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    médicament, narcotic
    a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic
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