desensitize

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Alternative forms edit

desensitise (British)

Etymology edit

Pronunciation edit

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈsɛnsɪtaɪz/
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Verb edit

desensitize (third-person singular simple present desensitizes, present participle desensitizing, simple past and past participle desensitized)

To cause to become less sensitive or insensitive.
Working in an Operating Room desensitized me to the sight of blood.

Derived terms edit

desensitization

Translations edit

cause to become insensitive

Catalan: insensibilitzar (ca)
Finnish: turruttaa (fi), totuttaa (fi), tehdä tunnottomaksi; valottaa (fi) (of film); siedättää (fi) (to an allergenic)
French: désensibiliser (fr)
German: desensibilisieren (de), abstumpfen (de)
Norwegian: desensitivisere
Portuguese: dessensibilizar
Romanian: desensibiliza (ro)
Russian: огрубить (ru) pf (ogrubitʹ), огрублять (ru) impf (ogrubljatʹ), охладеть (ru) (oxladetʹ) (figurative)
Spanish: desensibilizar, insensibilizar (es)
Swedish: avtrubba (sv)