Meanings
nounfeedback loop (plural feedback loops)
plural feedback loops
- A self-reinforcing or self-weakening effect.
a positive feedback loop
2 more examples
a negative feedback loop
It's like a positive feedback loop, Nabi says: Feeling cared for makes you want to care for others.
2025 November 13, Kamala Thiagarajan, “If you're going to be kind to another human, today is the day to do it!”, in NPR
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna circuit that feeds back some of the output to the input of a system
Similar
feedback circuit
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic حلقة تغذية راجعة
- حلقة تغذية راجعةTranslations
Catalan bucle de realimentació
- bucle de realimentacióTranslations
Chinese Mandarin 反饋迴圈 /反馈回圈
- 反饋迴圈 /反馈回圈 (fǎn kuì huí quān)Translations
Finnish noidankehä, takaisinkytkentä
- noidankehäTranslations
- takaisinkytkentäTranslations
French boucle de rétroaction
- boucle de rétroactionTranslations
German Rückkopplungsschleife
- RückkopplungsschleifeTranslations
Hindi पुनर्निवेशन चक्र, फ़ीडबैक लूप
- पुनर्निवेशन चक्र (punarniveśan cakra)Translations
- फ़ीडबैक लूप (fīḍbaik lūp)Translations
Italian circuito di retroazione
- circuito di retroazioneTranslations
Japanese 帰還回路, 帰還ループ
- 帰還回路 (kikan kairo)Translations
- 帰還ループ (kikan rūpu)Translations
- フィードバックループ (fīdobakku rūpu)Translations
Polish pętla sprzężenia zwrotnego
- pętla sprzężenia zwrotnegoTranslations
Spanish bulce retroalimentario, circuito retroalimenticio
- bulce retroalimentarioTranslations
- circuito retroalimenticioTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
feedback loop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feedback%20loop
MLA
“feedback loop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feedback%20loop. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “feedback loop,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feedback%20loop.
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