"desensitization" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: desensitizations [plural]
Etymology: From de- + sensitization. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|sensitization}} de- + sensitization Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} desensitization (countable and uncountable, plural desensitizations)
  1. The act or process of desensitizing, of dulling or reducing sensation. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: desensitisation [British] Derived forms: cross-desensitization, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, heterologous desensitization Translations (the act or process of desensitizing, of dulling or reducing sensation): insensibilització [feminine] (Catalan), insensibilización [feminine] (Galician), Desensibilisierung [feminine] (German), απευαισθητοποίηση (apevaisthitopoíisi) [feminine] (Greek), сниже́ние чувствительности (snižénije čuvstvitelʹnosti) (Russian), поте́ря чувствительности (potérja čuvstvitelʹnosti) (Russian), десенсибилизация (desensibilizacija) [feminine, special] (Russian), insensibilización (Spanish), avtrubbning [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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