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    DESENSITIZATION PROCEDURE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety; client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguishedplay

    Synonyms:

    desensitisation procedure; desensitisation technique; desensitization procedure; desensitization technique; systematic desensitisation; systematic desensitization

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("desensitization procedure" is a kind of...):

    behavior modification; behavior therapy (psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "desensitization procedure"):

    exposure therapy (a form of behavior therapy in which a survivor confronts feelings or phobias or anxieties about a traumatic event and relives it in the therapy situation)

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