Australian English Meaning of desensitized

desensitised

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Definitions and Meaning of desensitized in English

desensitized

to extinguish an emotional response (as of fear, anxiety, or guilt) to stimuli that formerly induced it, to make (a sensitized or hypersensitive individual) insensitive or nonreactive to a sensitizing agent, to make emotionally insensitive or callous, to decrease a response (as of a cell receptor) progressively following prolonged exposure to a stimulus, to extinguish an emotional response (as of fear, anxiety, or guilt) to stimuli which formerly induced it, to make less sensitive, as

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desensitised

to extinguish an emotional response (as of fear, anxiety, or guilt) to stimuli that formerly induced it, to make (a sensitized or hypersensitive individual) ins

callous,hard,insensitive,ruthless,ruthless,abusive,brutal,case-hardened,cold-blooded,cruel

charitable,compassionate,gentle,humane,kind,kindly,merciful,mild,sensitive,sympathetic

deselected => unselected, deselect => deselect, desegregating => desegregating, desecrations => desecrations, descriptions => descriptions,