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DESENSITISATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does desensitisation mean?
• DESENSITISATION (noun)
The noun DESENSITISATION has 1 sense:
1. the process of reducing sensitivity
Familiarity information: DESENSITISATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The process of reducing sensitivity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
desensitisation; desensitization
Context example:
the patient was desensitized to the allergen
Hypernyms ("desensitisation" is a kind of...):
decrease; decrement (a process of becoming smaller or shorter)
Derivation:
desensitise (make insensitive)
desensitise (cause not to be sensitive)
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