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sensitize::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | sensitise |
| Has types | stir, excite, photosensitise, photosensitize, stimulate |
She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society.
My tongue became sensitized to good wine.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | sensibilise, sensibilize, sensify, sensitise |
| Type of | modify, change, alter |
| Derivation | sensitization |
He was not sensitized to her emotional needs.
Examples of sensitize
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Internally, the court system works to sensitize employees to cultural differences.
From the timesunion.com
Their activities have helped sensitize a nation to the whole issue of AIDS.
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The guides can help sensitize civilian educators so that they can be more supportive.
From the nation.time.com
She notes that it is possible to de-sensitize dogs to storms but that it doesn't always work.
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Inhibiting the enzyme could help sensitize some relapsed patients to marketed ALL therapies.
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And the company's Arkansas roots helped sensitize it to the shopping habits of churchgoers.
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I used EMDR to de-sensitize me to some triggers from my past.
From the well.blogs.nytimes.com
In optogenetics, researchers first sensitize select cells in the brain to a particular color of light.
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While news media and the Internet often sensitize us to these issues, it can also often overwhelm us.
From the edition.cnn.com
- Make sensitive or aware; "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs"
- Make sensitive to a drug or allergen; "Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen"
- Make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion; "sensitize the photographic film"
- (sensitized) allergic: having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor); "allergic children"; "hypersensitive to pollen"
- (sensitization) the state of being sensitive (as to an antigen)
- (sensitization) (psychology) the process of becoming highly sensitive to specific events or situations (especially emotional events or situations)
- (Sensitized(Kylie Minogue Song)) X is a 2007 album by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue. It is her tenth studio album release, her first release since 2004's greatest hits compilation Ultimate Kylie, and her first studio album since 2003's Body Language. ...
- (Sensitizes) Sensitization is an example of non-associative learning in which the progressive amplification of a response follows repeated administrations of a stimulus.Bell IR, Hardin EE, Baldwin CM, Schwartz GE (1995). ...
- To become increasingly aware of, in a concerned or sensitive way
