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Desensitizing meaning in English

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Desensitizing

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Adjective

1. desensitising, desensitizing

making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli

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Desensitizing

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verb (transitive)
1. 
to render insensitive or less sensitive
the patient was desensitized to the allergen
to desensitize photographic film
2. psychology
to decrease the abnormal fear in (a person) of a situation or object, by exposing him or her to it either in reality or in his imagination

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Desensitizing

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verb transitiveWord forms: deˈsensiˌtized or deˈsensiˌtizing
1. 
to take away the sensitivity of; make less sensitive
2. 
to make (a photographic plate or film) less sensitive to light
3.  Medicine
to make (a person, animal, or tissue) nonreactive or nonallergic to a substance by removing the antibodies from sensitized cells

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Desensitizing

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tr.v. de·sen·si·tized, de·sen·si·tiz·ing, de·sen·si·tiz·es
1. To render insensitive or less sensitive.
2. Immunology To make (an individual) nonreactive or insensitive to an antigen.
3. To make emotionally insensitive or unresponsive, as by long exposure or repeated shocks: "This movie in effect may resensitize people who thought they were desensitized to violence" (Steven Spielberg).
4. To make (a photographic film or substance) less sensitive to light.

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