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desensitize
[dee-sen-si-tahyz]
verb (used with object)
to lessen the sensitiveness of.
to make indifferent, unaware, or the like, in feeling.
Photography.to make less sensitive or wholly insensitive to light, as the emulsion on a film.
Printing.to treat (the design on a lithographic plate) with an etch in order to increase the capacity to retain moisture, and to remove traces of grease.
Chemistry.to reduce the sensitivity of (an explosive) to those stimuli capable of detonating it.
desensitize
/ 徱ːˈɛԲɪˌٲɪ /
verb
to render insensitive or less sensitive
the patient was desensitized to the allergen
to desensitize photographic film
psychol to decrease the abnormal fear in (a person) of a situation or object, by exposing him to it either in reality or in his imagination
Other 51Թ Forms
- desensitizer noun
- ˈԲˌپ noun
- ˌԲپˈپDz noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of desensitize1
Example Sentences
Dains, who previously held top shelter jobs in San José and Long Beach, said her employees were desensitized to the suffering of the animals after witnessing it day after day.
Doo-man can’t work to the best of his ability unless he eats, even if it means desensitizing himself to life’s gruesome truths.
“I had become desensitized to tragedy in a way, and I hope this movie makes people question that.”
“I just became so desensitized to everything going on that I was like, ‘OK, this is my relationship, and this is how it’s going to be.’
"It’s crazy to me that we’ve gotten so almost desensitized to it, or that no one’s really calling it out anymore."
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