DECONDITION

Meaning of DECONDITION in English

■ verb

1》 [usu. as adjective ~ed ] cause to lose fitness or muscle tone.

2》 Psychiatry reform or reverse (a person's behaviour), especially in the treatment of phobia.

Derivatives

~ing noun

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DECONDITION — transitive verb Date: 1941 to cause extinction of (a conditioned response), to cause to lose physical fitness
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DECONDITION — |dē+ transitive verb 1. : to cause to lose fitness prolonged inactivity deconditions a person physically 2. : to remove …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DECONDITION — /dee'keuhn dish"euhn/ , v.t. 1. to diminish the physical strength, stamina, or vitality of; weaken. 2. to diminish or eliminate …
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DECONDITION — transitive verb Date: 1941 1. : to cause extinction of (a conditioned response) 2. : to cause to lose physical …
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DECONDITION — [de.con.di.tion] vt (1941) 1: to cause extinction of (a conditioned response) 2: to cause to lose physical fitness
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DECONDITION — v. Pronunciation: ˌ d ē -k ə n- ' di-sh ə n Function: transitive verb Date: 1941 1 : to …
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DETRAIN — I. (ˈ)dēˈtrān verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: de- + train, n. intransitive verb : to get off a railroad train …
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DECONDITIONED — adjective cause to lose fitness or muscle tone. → decondition
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INDUSTRIAL MUSIC — dissonant electronic music that arose in the late 1970s in response to punk rock. Coined by British postpunk experimentalists Throbbing …
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