positive feedback

noun

: feedback that tends to magnify a process or increase its output

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Early results from coffeehouse uplifts show customers visiting more often, staying longer and sharing positive feedback. Kate Rogers,amelia Lucas, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025 Customers had been giving him positive feedback at pre-opening events, especially those who live in the neighborhood apartments. Kansas City Star, 19 Sep. 2025 Those who received negative feedback rated their own intelligence as being lower, and that negative feedback had a larger effect than positive feedback. ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025 Our guests have expressed their love for our limited-time cocktail and mocktail menu offerings, sharing positive feedback both in the restaurant and on social media. Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for positive feedback

Word History

First Known Use

1934, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of positive feedback was in 1934

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“Positive feedback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/positive%20feedback. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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