DESENSITIZE


Meaning of DESENSITIZE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ (ˌ)dē-ˈsen(t)-sə-ˌtīz ]

transitive verb

Date: 1898

1. : to make (a sensitized or hypersensitive individual) insensitive or nonreactive to a sensitizing agent

2. : to make emotionally insensitive or callous ; specifically : to extinguish an emotional response (as of fear, anxiety, or guilt) to stimuli that formerly induced it

• de·sen·si·ti·za·tion (ˌ)dē-ˌsen(t)-sə-tə-ˈzā-shən noun

• de·sen·si·tiz·er (ˌ)dē-ˈsen-sə-ˌtī-zər noun

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