positive feedback

noun

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

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Nobody gets positive feedback one hundred percent of the time. Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025 As a result, brain cell activity is changed and therefore the positive feedback loop seen in addiction is effectively reversed. Noah Lyons, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025 As a result, brain cell activity is changed and therefore the positive feedback loop seen in addiction is effectively reversed. Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025 In a teaser for what's to come, Chase's potential engagement to his girlfriend, Jodi Laine Fournerat, was not met with positive feedback from his family. Dory Jackson, People.com, 3 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 10 Sep. 2025.

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