Indonesian

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Etymology

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Affixed kuatpeng- -an.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pəŋuˈat̚an/
  • Hyphenation: pê‧ngu‧at‧an

Noun

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pênguatan (plural penguatan-penguatan, first-person possessive penguatanku, second-person possessive penguatanmu, third-person possessive penguatannya)

  1. reinforcement
    1. the act, process, or state of reinforcing or being reinforced.
    2. (psychology) the process whereby a behavior with desirable consequences comes to be repeated.
  2. intensification
    Synonym: intensifikasi
  3. amplification
    Synonym: amplifikasi
    1. the act, or result of amplifying, enlarging, extending or adding.
    2. (linguistics) a translation technique that involves adding content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.
    3. (linguistics) a figure of speech that adds importance to increase its rhetorical effect.
    4. (computing, electronics, physics) the act, or result of independently increasing some quantity, especially voltage, power or current.
  4. (Catholicism) confirmation: a ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18.
    Synonym: krisma

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