desensitization

English

Alternative forms

• (mostly British): desensitisation

Etymology

de- +‎ sensitization

Noun

desensitization (countable and uncountable, plural desensitizations)

1. The act or process of desensitizing, of dulling or reducing sensation.
   • 2015, Ilona Rodan, Sarah Heath, editors, Feline Behavioral Health and Welfare, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 43:

     Furthermore, the desensitization steps should be incremental so that the animal experiences little or no fear response during the sessions.

Derived terms

• cross-desensitization
• eye movement desensitization and reprocessing
• heterologous desensitization

 

Translations

the act or process of desensitizing, of dulling or reducing sensation

• Catalan: insensibilització f
• Galician: insensibilización (gl) f
• German: Desensibilisierung (de) f
• Greek: απευαισθητοποίηση (el) f (apevaisthitopoíisi)
• Russian: сниже́ние чувствительности (snižénije čuvstvitelʹnosti), поте́ря чувствительности (potérja čuvstvitelʹnosti), (special) десенсибилизация (ru) f (desensibilizacija)
• Spanish: insensibilización
• Swedish: avtrubbning c