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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
/ »å¾±Ëˈ²õÉ›²Ô²õɪˌ³Ù²¹Éª³ú /
verb
- to render insensitive or less sensitive
to desensitize photographic film
the patient was desensitized to the allergen
- 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
Derived Forms
- »å±ðˈ²õ±ð²Ô²õ¾±ËŒ³Ù¾±³ú±ð°ù, noun
- »å±ðËŒ²õ±ð²Ô²õ¾±³Ù¾±Ëˆ³ú²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- »å±ð·²õ±ð²Ôs¾±Â·³Ù¾±³úe°ù noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of desensitize1
Example Sentences
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.â€
“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."
Skylar King, who’s performing at the show, said she had a week of long conversations with her fellow performers on how to joke about climate change without desensitizing people to the seriousness of the topic.
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