desensitizing

Definitions

The process of making someone or something less sensitive or reactive to a particular stimulus.

The act of reducing the emotional responsiveness or physical sensitivity of an individual to a specific situation or substance.

Examples

Constant exposure to violent media can have a desensitizing effect on young children.

The therapist used a desensitizing technique to help the patient overcome their phobia of spiders.

Synonyms

numbing deadening dulling anesthetizing hardening callousing inuring

Antonyms

sensitizing awakening sharpening stimulating heightening arousing