desensitize

One entry found for desensitize.

Main Entry: de·sen·si·tize
Pronunciation: (")dE-'sen(t)-s&-"tIz
Function: transitive verb
1 : to make (a sensitized or hypersensitive individual) insensitive or nonreactive to a sensitizing agent
2 : to make emotionally insensitive or callous; specifically : to extinguish an emotional response (as of fear, anxiety, or guilt) to stimuli that formerly induced it
- de·sen·si·ti·za·tion /(")dE-"sen(t)-s&-t&-'zA-sh&n/ noun
- de·sen·si·tiz·er /(")dE-'sen-s&-"tI-z&r/ noun