feedback loop

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Noun

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feedback loop (plural feedback loops)

1. A self-reinforcing or self-weakening effect.

   a positive feedback loop

   a negative feedback loop

   • 2025 November 13, Kamala Thiagarajan, “If you're going to be kind to another human, today is the day to do it!”, in NPR‎:

     It's like a positive feedback loop, Nabi says: Feeling cared for makes you want to care for others.

Translations

Translations

Catalan: bucle de realimentació m Finnish: noidankehä (fi), takaisinkytkentä French: boucle de rétroaction f Georgian: უკუკავშირის მარყუჟი (uḳuḳavširis marq̇uži) German: Rückkopplungsschleife f Italian: circuito di retroazione m Polish: pętla sprzężenia zwrotnego f Spanish: bulce retroalimentario m, circuito retroalimenticio m

See also

• positive feedback
• negative feedback
• virtuous cycle
• vicious cycle
• arms race

References

• “feedback loop”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.