reinforcement

English

Alternative forms

• re-enforcement, reenforcement, reënforcement

Etymology

From reinforce +‎ -ment.

Noun

reinforcement (usually uncountable, plural reinforcements)

1. (uncountable) The act, process, or state of reinforcing or being reinforced.
2. (countable) A thing that reinforces.
3. (in the plural) Additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action.
4. (uncountable, behavioral psychology) The process whereby a behavior with desirable consequences comes to be repeated.

Derived terms

• negative reinforcement
• positive reinforcement
• primary reinforcement

Translations

act or state of reinforcing or being reinforced

• Danish: forstærkning c
• Finnish: vahvistaminen (fi)
• Georgian: გამაგრება (gamagreba), განმტკიცება (ganmṭḳiceba), გაძლიერება (gaʒliereba), შევსება (ševseba)
• German: Verstärkung (de) f

• Irish: athneartú m
• Persian: تقویت‎‎ (fa) (taqviyat)
• Russian: укрепле́ние (ru) n (ukreplénije), усиле́ние (ru) n (usilénije)

thing that reinforces

• Catalan: reforç (ca)
• Dutch: versterking (nl)
• Finnish: vahvike, lujike
• French: renfort (fr)
• German: Verstärkung (de) f

• Italian: rinforzo (it)
• Portuguese: reforço (pt)
• Spanish: refuerzo (es)
• Swedish: förstärkning (sv) c

in plural: additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action

• Danish: forstærkning c
• Finnish: apuvoimat pl, vahvistukset pl
• Georgian: საჯარისო შენაერთის გაძლიერება (saǯariso šenaertis gaʒliereba), საჯარისო შენაერთის შევსება (saǯariso šenaertis ševseba), დამატებითი აღჭურვილობით მომარაგება (damaṭebiti aɣč̣urvilobit momarageba)
• German: Verstärkung (de) f
• Indonesian: bala bantuan (id)

• Japanese: 援兵 (えんぺい, enpei)
• Latin: supplēmentum n
• Maori: ope whakahirihiri
• Polish: posiłki (pl) pl
• Russian: подкрепле́ние (ru) n (podkreplénije), пополне́ние (ru) n (popolnénije)

behavioral psychology: process whereby a behavior with desirable consequences comes to be repeated

• Danish: forstærkning c
• Finnish: vahvistaminen (fi)

• German: Verstärkung (de) f

See also

• punishment
• operant conditioning
• classical conditioning