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desensitized
This term describes a state of diminished emotional or physical responsiveness. In a psychological or social context, it often carries a negative connotation, suggesting a loss of empathy or a hardening of the spirit due to overexposure to trauma, violence, or stress. It implies a protective but often detrimental psychological callus.
In a medical context, the term is neutral and technical. It refers to the intentional process of reducing an allergic response through controlled exposure to an allergen. While the psychological sense describes an unintentional adaptation, the medical sense describes a deliberate therapeutic intervention.
Meanings
Made less sensitive or reactive to a particular stimulus, emotion, or substance through repeated exposure.
Examples
After years of working in the emergency room, he became desensitized to the sight of blood.
I think we have all become desensitized to violence because of the news.
The patient was desensitized to pollen through a series of allergy shots.
I have seen so many betrayals that I am completely desensitized to it now.
Constant exposure to loud noises has desensitized my hearing.
The training was designed to desensitize the soldiers to the chaos of the battlefield.
Maybe I am just desensitized to the pressure of these deadlines.
She felt that the city had desensitized her to the suffering of others.