See desensitize on Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "desensitization"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "desensitizer"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "desensitizing"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "nondesensitizing"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "de",
"3": "sensitize",
"t1": "not, do the opposite of, undo"
},
"expansion": "de- (“not, do the opposite of, undo”) + sensitize",
"name": "prefix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "1900s"
},
"expansion": "First attested in the 1900s",
"name": "etydate"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From de- (“not, do the opposite of, undo”) + sensitize. First attested in the 1900s.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "desensitizes",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "desensitizing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "desensitized",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "desensitized",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "desensitise",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "desensitize (third-person singular simple present desensitizes, present participle desensitizing, simple past and past participle desensitized)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "23 19 21 15 22",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with de-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "27 11 25 6 31",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 13 36 3 31",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 17 34 3 29",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 21 26 6 25",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 26 6 25",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "23 23 27 7 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 26 6 25",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 27 6 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Norwegian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 27 6 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 27 5 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Russian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "20 25 24 4 26",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 26 6 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
29,
41
]
],
"text": "Working in an Operating Room desensitized me to the sight of blood.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
211,
222
]
],
"ref": "1997, Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 1997, Washington, D.C.: United States Congress:",
"text": "[…] child pornography is often used by pedophiles and child sexual abusers to stimulate and whet their own sexual appetites, and as a model for sexual acting out with children; such use of child pornography can desensitize the viewer to the pathology of sexual abuse or exploitation of children, so that it can become acceptable to and even preferred by the viewer;[…]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive.",
"To render (someone) emotionally or sensationally less responsive or irresponsive, as by long or repeated exposure to something."
],
"id": "en-desensitize-en-verb-Vod7Ir6o",
"links": [
[
"reduce",
"reduce"
],
[
"eliminate",
"eliminate"
],
[
"sensitivity",
"sensitivity"
],
[
"insensitive",
"insensitive"
],
[
"emotionally",
"emotionally"
],
[
"sensationally",
"sensationally"
],
[
"responsive",
"responsive"
],
[
"irresponsive",
"irresponsive"
],
[
"exposure",
"exposure"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(ambitransitive) To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive.",
"To render (someone) emotionally or sensationally less responsive or irresponsive, as by long or repeated exposure to something."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "deaden"
},
{
"word": "benumb"
},
{
"word": "stupefy"
}
],
"tags": [
"ambitransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "23 19 21 15 22",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with de-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "27 11 25 6 31",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 13 36 3 31",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 17 34 3 29",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 21 26 6 25",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 26 6 25",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "23 23 27 7 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 26 6 25",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 27 6 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Norwegian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "21 34 23 5 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 27 6 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 27 5 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Russian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "20 25 24 4 26",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 26 6 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive.",
"To render (a person or animal) nonreactive or insensitive to an allergen."
],
"id": "en-desensitize-en-verb-J7hK0rgD",
"links": [
[
"reduce",
"reduce"
],
[
"eliminate",
"eliminate"
],
[
"sensitivity",
"sensitivity"
],
[
"insensitive",
"insensitive"
],
[
"nonreactive",
"nonreactive"
],
[
"allergen",
"allergen"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(ambitransitive) To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive.",
"To render (a person or animal) nonreactive or insensitive to an allergen."
],
"tags": [
"ambitransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Photography",
"orig": "en:Photography",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "18 17 34 5 25",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "23 19 21 15 22",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with de-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "27 11 25 6 31",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 13 36 3 31",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 17 34 3 29",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 21 26 6 25",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 26 6 25",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "23 23 27 7 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 26 6 25",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 27 6 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Norwegian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 27 6 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 27 5 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Russian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "20 25 24 4 26",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 26 6 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive.",
"To render (a photographic plate or film) less sensitive or insensitive to actinic rays of light."
],
"id": "en-desensitize-en-verb-hjXoPron",
"links": [
[
"reduce",
"reduce"
],
[
"eliminate",
"eliminate"
],
[
"sensitivity",
"sensitivity"
],
[
"insensitive",
"insensitive"
],
[
"photography",
"photography"
],
[
"plate",
"plate"
],
[
"film",
"film"
],
[
"actinic",
"actinic"
],
[
"light",
"light"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(ambitransitive) To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive.",
"(photography) To render (a photographic plate or film) less sensitive or insensitive to actinic rays of light."
],
"tags": [
"ambitransitive"
],
"topics": [
"arts",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"photography"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "15 24 31 15 15",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"word": "insensibilitzar"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 24 31 15 15",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"word": "turruttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 24 31 15 15",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"word": "totuttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 24 31 15 15",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"word": "tehdä tunnottomaksi"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 24 31 15 15",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"note": "of film",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"word": "valottaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 24 31 15 15",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"word": "siedättää (to an allergenic)"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 24 31 15 15",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"word": "désensibiliser"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 24 31 15 15",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"word": "desensibilisieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 24 31 15 15",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"word": "abstumpfen"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 24 31 15 15",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"lang_code": "no",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"word": "desensitivisere"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 24 31 15 15",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"word": "dessensibilizar"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 24 31 15 15",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"word": "insensibilizar"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 24 31 15 15",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"word": "desensibiliza"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 24 31 15 15",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "ogrubitʹ",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "огрубить"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 24 31 15 15",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "ogrubljatʹ",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "огрублять"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 24 31 15 15",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "oxladetʹ",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"word": "охладеть"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 24 31 15 15",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"word": "desensibilizar"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 24 31 15 15",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"word": "insensibilizar"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 24 31 15 15",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"word": "avtrubba"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Psychiatry",
"orig": "en:Psychiatry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "23 19 21 15 22",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with de-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive.",
"To free (someone) from the emotional charge of a neurosis or complex."
],
"id": "en-desensitize-en-verb-Rgb0sLv2",
"links": [
[
"reduce",
"reduce"
],
[
"eliminate",
"eliminate"
],
[
"sensitivity",
"sensitivity"
],
[
"insensitive",
"insensitive"
],
[
"psychiatry",
"psychiatry"
],
[
"free",
"free"
],
[
"emotional",
"emotional"
],
[
"neurosis",
"neurosis"
],
[
"complex",
"complex#English:_psychology"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(ambitransitive) To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive.",
"(psychiatry) To free (someone) from the emotional charge of a neurosis or complex."
],
"tags": [
"ambitransitive"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"medicine",
"psychiatry",
"psychology",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Printing",
"orig": "en:Printing",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "23 19 21 15 22",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with de-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "27 11 25 6 31",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 13 36 3 31",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 17 34 3 29",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 21 26 6 25",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 26 6 25",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "23 23 27 7 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 26 6 25",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 27 6 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Norwegian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 27 6 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 27 5 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Russian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "20 25 24 4 26",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 26 6 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive.",
"To make non-image portions of (a lithographic stone or plate) repellent to ink."
],
"id": "en-desensitize-en-verb-u59T6Au-",
"links": [
[
"reduce",
"reduce"
],
[
"eliminate",
"eliminate"
],
[
"sensitivity",
"sensitivity"
],
[
"insensitive",
"insensitive"
],
[
"printing",
"printing#Noun"
],
[
"portion",
"portion"
],
[
"lithographic",
"lithographic"
],
[
"stone",
"stone"
],
[
"plate",
"plate"
],
[
"repellent",
"repellent"
],
[
"ink",
"ink"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(ambitransitive) To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive.",
"(printing) To make non-image portions of (a lithographic stone or plate) repellent to ink."
],
"tags": [
"ambitransitive"
],
"topics": [
"media",
"printing",
"publishing"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/diːˈsɛnsɪtaɪz/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/-ətaɪz/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-desensitize.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/62/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-desensitize.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-desensitize.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/62/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-desensitize.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-desensitize.wav.ogg"
}
],
"word": "desensitize"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms prefixed with de-",
"English verbs",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Norwegian translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Romanian translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "desensitization"
},
{
"word": "desensitizer"
},
{
"word": "desensitizing"
},
{
"word": "nondesensitizing"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "de",
"3": "sensitize",
"t1": "not, do the opposite of, undo"
},
"expansion": "de- (“not, do the opposite of, undo”) + sensitize",
"name": "prefix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "1900s"
},
"expansion": "First attested in the 1900s",
"name": "etydate"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From de- (“not, do the opposite of, undo”) + sensitize. First attested in the 1900s.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "desensitizes",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "desensitizing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "desensitized",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "desensitized",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "desensitise",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "desensitize (third-person singular simple present desensitizes, present participle desensitizing, simple past and past participle desensitized)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
29,
41
]
],
"text": "Working in an Operating Room desensitized me to the sight of blood.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
211,
222
]
],
"ref": "1997, Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 1997, Washington, D.C.: United States Congress:",
"text": "[…] child pornography is often used by pedophiles and child sexual abusers to stimulate and whet their own sexual appetites, and as a model for sexual acting out with children; such use of child pornography can desensitize the viewer to the pathology of sexual abuse or exploitation of children, so that it can become acceptable to and even preferred by the viewer;[…]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive.",
"To render (someone) emotionally or sensationally less responsive or irresponsive, as by long or repeated exposure to something."
],
"links": [
[
"reduce",
"reduce"
],
[
"eliminate",
"eliminate"
],
[
"sensitivity",
"sensitivity"
],
[
"insensitive",
"insensitive"
],
[
"emotionally",
"emotionally"
],
[
"sensationally",
"sensationally"
],
[
"responsive",
"responsive"
],
[
"irresponsive",
"irresponsive"
],
[
"exposure",
"exposure"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(ambitransitive) To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive.",
"To render (someone) emotionally or sensationally less responsive or irresponsive, as by long or repeated exposure to something."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "deaden"
},
{
"word": "benumb"
},
{
"word": "stupefy"
}
],
"tags": [
"ambitransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive.",
"To render (a person or animal) nonreactive or insensitive to an allergen."
],
"links": [
[
"reduce",
"reduce"
],
[
"eliminate",
"eliminate"
],
[
"sensitivity",
"sensitivity"
],
[
"insensitive",
"insensitive"
],
[
"nonreactive",
"nonreactive"
],
[
"allergen",
"allergen"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(ambitransitive) To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive.",
"To render (a person or animal) nonreactive or insensitive to an allergen."
],
"tags": [
"ambitransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English transitive verbs",
"en:Photography"
],
"glosses": [
"To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive.",
"To render (a photographic plate or film) less sensitive or insensitive to actinic rays of light."
],
"links": [
[
"reduce",
"reduce"
],
[
"eliminate",
"eliminate"
],
[
"sensitivity",
"sensitivity"
],
[
"insensitive",
"insensitive"
],
[
"photography",
"photography"
],
[
"plate",
"plate"
],
[
"film",
"film"
],
[
"actinic",
"actinic"
],
[
"light",
"light"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(ambitransitive) To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive.",
"(photography) To render (a photographic plate or film) less sensitive or insensitive to actinic rays of light."
],
"tags": [
"ambitransitive"
],
"topics": [
"arts",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"photography"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English transitive verbs",
"en:Psychiatry"
],
"glosses": [
"To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive.",
"To free (someone) from the emotional charge of a neurosis or complex."
],
"links": [
[
"reduce",
"reduce"
],
[
"eliminate",
"eliminate"
],
[
"sensitivity",
"sensitivity"
],
[
"insensitive",
"insensitive"
],
[
"psychiatry",
"psychiatry"
],
[
"free",
"free"
],
[
"emotional",
"emotional"
],
[
"neurosis",
"neurosis"
],
[
"complex",
"complex#English:_psychology"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(ambitransitive) To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive.",
"(psychiatry) To free (someone) from the emotional charge of a neurosis or complex."
],
"tags": [
"ambitransitive"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"medicine",
"psychiatry",
"psychology",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English transitive verbs",
"en:Printing"
],
"glosses": [
"To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive.",
"To make non-image portions of (a lithographic stone or plate) repellent to ink."
],
"links": [
[
"reduce",
"reduce"
],
[
"eliminate",
"eliminate"
],
[
"sensitivity",
"sensitivity"
],
[
"insensitive",
"insensitive"
],
[
"printing",
"printing#Noun"
],
[
"portion",
"portion"
],
[
"lithographic",
"lithographic"
],
[
"stone",
"stone"
],
[
"plate",
"plate"
],
[
"repellent",
"repellent"
],
[
"ink",
"ink"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(ambitransitive) To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive.",
"(printing) To make non-image portions of (a lithographic stone or plate) repellent to ink."
],
"tags": [
"ambitransitive"
],
"topics": [
"media",
"printing",
"publishing"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/diːˈsɛnsɪtaɪz/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/-ətaɪz/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-desensitize.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/62/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-desensitize.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-desensitize.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/62/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-desensitize.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-desensitize.wav.ogg"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"word": "insensibilitzar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"word": "turruttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"word": "totuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"word": "tehdä tunnottomaksi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"note": "of film",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"word": "valottaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"word": "siedättää (to an allergenic)"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"word": "désensibiliser"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"word": "desensibilisieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"word": "abstumpfen"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"lang_code": "no",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"word": "desensitivisere"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"word": "dessensibilizar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"word": "insensibilizar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"word": "desensibiliza"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "ogrubitʹ",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "огрубить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "ogrubljatʹ",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "огрублять"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "oxladetʹ",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"word": "охладеть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"word": "desensibilizar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"word": "insensibilizar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "render emotionally less sensitive or insensitive (to something)",
"word": "avtrubba"
}
],
"word": "desensitize"
}
Download raw JSONL data for desensitize meaning in All languages combined (10.2kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-02 using wiktextract (6fdc867 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.