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desensitize

/diːˈsɛn.sɪ.taɪz/

/diˈsɛn.sɪ.taɪz/

Translations

desensitizeverb

desensitized

Past Simple

desensitized

Past Participle

desensitizing

Gerund

/diːˈsɛn.sɪ.taɪz/

/diˈsɛn.sɪ.taɪz/

The constant exposure to violent video games can desensitize young players to real-world violence.

L'exposition constante aux jeux vidéo violents peut désensibiliser les jeunes joueurs à la violence réelle.

Additional translations

insensibiliserPlus rare ; s'emploie surtout dans des contextes médicaux, psychologiques ou techniques.

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desensitizeverb

To make someone less likely to feel shock or distress at scenes of cruelty, violence, or suffering by overexposure to such images.

The constant exposure to violent video games can desensitize young players to real-world violence.

To make someone or something less sensitive to a particular substance or stimulus, often through repeated exposure.

The allergy treatment aims to desensitize patients to pollen by gradually increasing their exposure to it.

To decrease the responsiveness or sensitivity of a device, instrument, or material to a stimulus such as light, radiation, or sound.

The technicians desensitized the microphone to reduce background noise during the recording.