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Noun: desensitization  dee,sen-su-tu'zey-shun [N. Amer], dee,sen-su-tI'zey-shun [Brit]
  1. The process of reducing sensitivity
    "she laments on society's gradual desensitization to the horrors of xenophobia";
    - desensitisation [Brit]

Derived forms: desensitizations

Type of: decrease, decrement

Encyclopedia: Desensitization