shaping

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪpɪŋ

Noun

shaping (plural shapings)

1. The action of the verb to shape.
   • 1996, Mike Michael, Constructing Identities: The Social, the Nonhuman and Change:

     In contrast to the (to be sure, productive) shapings and constrainings of human identities in the sociotechnical network, here we have an expansion of identity.

2. (psychology) A method of positive reinforcement of behaviour patterns in operant conditioning.

Translations

the action of the verb to shape

• Latin: formātūra (la) f
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Verb

shaping

1. present participle of shape

Anagrams

• hasping, pashing, phasing