DECONDITION

Meaning of DECONDITION in English

/dee'keuhn dish"euhn/ , v.t.

1. to diminish the physical strength, stamina, or vitality of; weaken.

2. to diminish or eliminate the conditioned responses or behavior patterns of.

[ 1935-40; DE- + CONDITION ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

DECONDITION — transitive verb Date: 1941 to cause extinction of (a conditioned response), to cause to lose physical fitness
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
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