.. _es-guide-reference-query-dsl-boosting-query:

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Boosting Query
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The **boosting** query can be used to effectively demote results that match a given query. Unlike the "NOT" clause in bool query, this still selects documents that contain undesirable terms, but reduces their overall score.


.. code-block:: js


    {
        "boosting" : {
            "positive" : {
                "term" : {
                    "field1" : "value1"
                }
            },
            "negative" : {
                "term" : {
                    "field2" : "value2"
                }
            },
            "negative_boost" : 0.2
        }
    }