reinforcement

Plural: reinforcements

Noun

• a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
• information that makes more forcible or convincing
  • "his gestures provided eloquent reinforcement for his complaints"
• (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it
• a device designed to provide additional strength
  • "he used gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook"
• an act performed to strengthen approved behavior
• The act, process, or state of reinforcing or being reinforced.
• A thing that reinforces.
• Additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action.
• The process whereby a behavior with desirable consequences comes to be repeated.
• A small round white sticker placed around a punched hole in a piece of paper to prevent the binder's rings from tearing through the paper.

Examples

• Send in the reinforcements!
• There's a website that can be a good learning reinforcement.

Synonyms

reenforcement, reinforcer, reinforcing stimulus, reward, strengthener, support

Related Words

classical conditioning, operant conditioning, punishment