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What does desensitization mean?

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Noun
  1. The act or process of desensitizing, of dulling or reducing sensation.
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Dr. Cantwell decided to use a combination of desensitization and assertiveness training with Anne.
For more details about autogenic therapy and systematic desensitization, go to our website.
Many other studies show marked changes in aggressive and deviant attitudes resulting from pornographic desensitization.
I believe in the effect of an increasing desensitization of people towards violence, and I believe that violent images of women are damaging.
The process of desensitization to violence through repeated exposure in the media has been studied for decades.
In Kentridge's opinion, this desensitization, particularly in relation to violence, amounts to a form of disremembering.

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