Usually means: Reduced sensitivity through repeated exposure.
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  1. desensitisation: Collins English Dictionary
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  4. desensitisation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  6. desensitisation: Dictionary.com
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  8. desensitisation: FreeDictionary.org
  9. desensitisation: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. desensitisation: Encyclopedia

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  1. desensitisation: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (desensitisation)

▸ noun:  The act or process of desensitising, of dulling or reducing sensation.

Similar:
desensitization, desexualization, deintensification, deattenuation, diminutization, dedensification, diminishment, dullification, dampening, diminution, more...

Opposite:
sensitization, hypersensitivity

Types:
acclimatisation, tolerance, hardening, immunity, more...

Phrases:
systematic desensitisation, desensitisation procedure, desensitisation technique, more...

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Similar:
desensitization, desexualization, deintensification, deattenuation, diminutization, dedensification, diminishment, dullification, dampening, diminution, more...

Opposite:
sensitization, hypersensitivity

Types:
acclimatisation, tolerance, hardening, immunity, more...

Phrases:
systematic desensitisation, desensitisation procedure, desensitisation technique, more...



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