Stimulus
Word | STIMULUS |
Character | 8 |
Hyphenation | stim u lus |
Pronunciations | /ˈstɪm.jə.ləs/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Stimulus"
What do we mean by stimulus?
Something causing or regarded as causing a response. noun
An agent, action, or condition that elicits or accelerates a physiological or psychological activity or response. noun
Something that incites or rouses to action; an incentive. noun
Government spending designed to generate or increase economic activity. noun
In entomology, a stinging-hair. noun
The continuation in sense-organ, nerve, and brain of a process of stimulation externally initiated; the physiological excitation which is aroused by the action of an external stimulus. noun
Literally, a goad. noun
In botany, a sting: as, the nettle is furnished with stimuli. noun
The point at the end of a crozier, pastoral staff, precentor's staff, or the like. noun
Something that excites or rouses the mind or spirits; something that incites to action or exertion; an incitement or incentive. noun
In physiology, something which evokes some functional or trophic reaction in the tissues on which it acts. noun
A goad; hence, something that rouses the mind or spirits; an incentive. noun
That which excites or produces a temporary increase of vital action, either in the whole organism or in any of its parts; especially (Physiol.), any substance or agent capable of evoking the activity of a nerve or irritable muscle, or capable of producing an impression upon a sensory organ or more particularly upon its specific end organ. noun
This sense?) Anything that may have an impact or influence on a system. noun
This sense?) (physiology) Something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response. noun
This sense?) (psychology) Anything effectively impinging upon any of the sensory apparatuses of a living organism, including physical phenomena both internal and external to the body. noun
This sense?) Anything that induces a person to take action. noun
Any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action noun
Any external phenomenon that has an influence on a system, by triggering or modifying an internal phenomenon.
Something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response.
Anything effectively impinging upon any of the sensory apparatuses of a living organism, including physical phenomena both internal and external to the body.
Anything that induces a person to take action.
"Stimulus" is slang for a sordid economic nostrum administered on the advice of bankers and academics, many of them carrying the title of "Dr.". But don't mistake these "Doctors" for devotees of the Hippocratic Oath. "Stimulus" or economic crank, like any other economic panacea, is a fake cure that gives its victims a temporary but false sense of well-being, even as it sets about causing long term damage to users and the economic community at large. The opium of the economists know as "stimulus" acts directly on bread winners and investors by misdirecting them into production plans and consumption levels which cannot be successfully coordinated or sustained across time. As a consequence, the "high" of this political drug lasts for only a few months, often followed by a depressing "crash" period, which cannot be avoided without further and ever increasing quantities of "stimulus". The drug received its proper name "crank" because it was most often smuggled into policy debates by monetary cranks, the most famous of whom was John Maynard Keynes. "Stimulus" is taken by fiscal injection, monetarily (directly snorted by banks and borrowers), and through the consumption of pork. A common misconception among politicians and the public is that some administration methods are safer than others, while in reality all act on the economy the same exact way. Economic "crank" damages the coordinative function of prices across the structure of production and consumption, which cause naturally occurring price signals -- e.g. interest rates, stock prices, etc. -- to be ineffective. Because price signals are responsible for facilitating the coordination of production plans and consumption choices, withdrawal from sustained periods of artificial "stimulation" is extremely painful to economic actors and the economy system, with businesses and households thrown back into economic reality after having functioned for a time in a circus mirror, government-altered state without any naturally produced and undistorted relative prices to guide their plans. "Stimulus" withdrawal is said to be one of the most painful experiences an economy can endure, and users of economic "crank" should consider other safer ways to buy the support of voters. Urban Dictionary
Spending money you don't have for stuff you don't need, that is not made in america, to protect american jobs. Except for the people who haul and sell the stuff how does buying imported goods produce jobs in america? Urban Dictionary
A $787 billion slush fund used by members of Congress and the Obama Administration to fund projects and organizations without having to separately go on record voting for each appropriation. Urban Dictionary
The money owed to a hooker. Urban Dictionary
To get your economic stimulus check and buy 24 inch donk rims for your former police car. Urban Dictionary
A pathetic amount of money that has little to no use. Urban Dictionary
When a new restaurant or store, especially a well-known one that didn't previously have any outlets nearby, opens and is always busy. Urban Dictionary
To check if the other person is in the mood for romance, or if you just got a mixed signal. Urban Dictionary
Money that the (US) government hands out to its citizens during desperate times, not because they care about you, but because they're afraid you won't be spending enough money to boost the economy during this period. Interesting fact: the "stimulus" in stimulus check isn't used in the psychological or physiological sense. Rather, it is referring to the economics concept of stimulating the economy (i.e. encouraging the transaction of commodities). The fact that the name itself is in reference to the economy rather than you, the citizen, shows the shallowness behind it all. Urban Dictionary
Used to describe a traffic jam or traffic congestion due to road work, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. This roadwork is often pointless and inefficient, but gets done anyway because the state has to fulfill a quota, otherwise it won't get equivalent funding during the next government handout cycle. Urban Dictionary
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