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UNCONDITIONED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unconditioned mean?
• UNCONDITIONED (adjective)
The adjective UNCONDITIONED has 2 senses:
1. not established by conditioning or learning
2. not conditional
Familiarity information: UNCONDITIONED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not established by conditioning or learning
Synonyms:
innate; unconditioned; unlearned
Context example:
an unconditioned reflex
Similar:
naive (inexperienced)
Antonym:
conditioned (established by conditioning or learning)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not conditional
Synonyms:
unconditional; unconditioned
Context example:
unconditional surrender
Similar:
blunt; crude; stark (devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment)
vested (fixed and absolute and without contingency)
Also:
unqualified (not limited or restricted)
Context examples
The model uses odorant conditioned stimuli temporally paired with unconditioned stimuli to produce conditioned responses to the odorant.
(Olfactory Learning, NCI Thesaurus)
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