CONDITIONING


Meaning of CONDITIONING in English

con ‧ di ‧ tion ‧ ing /kənˈdɪʃ ə nɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]

[ Word Family: noun : ↑ condition , ↑ precondition , ↑ conditioner , ↑ conditioning ; verb : ↑ condition ; adverb : ↑ conditionally ≠ ↑ unconditionally ; adjective : ↑ conditional ≠ ↑ unconditional ]

the process by which people or animals are trained to behave in a particular way when particular things happen:

Social conditioning makes crying more difficult for men.

⇨ ↑ air conditioning

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.