The desensitization is the other thing, where they see it over and over, after a while, it stops having a real emotional impact. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 8, 2003] Reference
The process that is then used is called desensitization and that is basically replacing a bad experience or habit with a good one. From Wordnik.com. [Quit Smoking Tobacco] Reference
(The fancy word for this is "desensitization", but better to avoid it.). From Wordnik.com. [You Are In Control--Scary, Right?] Reference
COOPER LAWRENCE, DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGIST: Let ` s be clear what the word "desensitization" means in this context. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 17, 2007] Reference
"desensitization" and more of an eye-opening time in which Vermonters saw first hand. From Wordnik.com. [Good As You] Reference
The desensitization of athlete indiscretions is upon us. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Brandt: A Tiger's Tale: Unwrapping the Reality] Reference
What society is doing to our kids and the desensitization of our kids. From Wordnik.com. [SHELLY PALMER REPORT: What We Can Learn From Eight Florida Teens] Reference
Can we get off the horse race and the desensitization and talk about Iran?. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton and the Gender Card: Perspectives] Reference
Many pets can overcome separation anxiety with desensitization techniques. From Wordnik.com. [Betsy Saul: Going Back to School Can Cause Pets Separation Anxiety] Reference
Is there something to be said for the desensitization of the normal people?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 3, 2006] Reference
The President was advised to continue his allergy desensitization injections. From Wordnik.com. [Statement On Presidents Routine Physical] Reference
That desensitization is comparable when we take our views of the virtual world. From Wordnik.com. [Do Older Generations Matter to the Internet?] Reference
Do they have a psychotic veterinarian who recommended traffic-desensitization therapy?. From Wordnik.com. [Fluffy Goes to Boot Camp] Reference
I could use a little post traumatic desensitization work that only took a few sessions!. From Wordnik.com. [even-handed eating disorder treatment] Reference
Yes, some doctors are beginning to do oral desensitization, but it's still experimental. From Wordnik.com. [Your Food Allergy Questions, Answered] Reference
After a few days of this systematic desensitization, neither the medical texture nor the Goat. From Wordnik.com. [Mike Alvear: The Condom vs. The Pill: Should Men Or Women Be Responsible For Contraception?] Reference
The media is utilized for this aforementioned agenda of distraction, desensitization and fear. From Wordnik.com. [Television the New Colosseum?] Reference
PINSKY: Well, that's -- desensitization, I think you'll hear from Dr. Haraszti, is one of the issues. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 8, 2003] Reference
Their innocence and lack of desensitization ensures they have a real opportunity to achieve this goal. From Wordnik.com. [Letter Two] Reference
This 'culture of acceptability' is a product of visual availability, the desensitization of this wild behavior. From Wordnik.com. [Courtney Fortune: Girls Gone Facebook: Raunch Culture In Social Networks] Reference
Keep in mind the neocons control the MSM and they put out what testing or desensitization they want us to move in. From Wordnik.com. [Identifying the Enemy and Murderers in the Health Care Wars] Reference
Until recently, I could think of no reason why "eye movement desensitization and reprocessing" deserved attention. From Wordnik.com. [even-handed eating disorder treatment] Reference
Unfortunately, gooseflesh phobia is a difficult condition for which to design effective behavioral desensitization. From Wordnik.com. [Warning Signs]
Im doing desensitization exercises; flashing lights in my eyes, popping bags behind my ears, stepping on broken glass. From Wordnik.com. [Updates!] Reference
There is also a similar kind of therapy called eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) that is used for PTSD. From Wordnik.com. [PTSD: Where to go for help] Reference
But with the gradual, subtle desensitization that has taken place in entertainment this tune is now likened to elevator music. From Wordnik.com. [Helen Little: Are You Not Entertained?] Reference
At some point there is a natural desensitization to all the fireworks, elaborate performances, and stars brought out from the past. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Brandt: Olympic-Sized Musings] Reference
If, hearing the Post tell it, there wasn't anything "insensitive" meant by it, there was certainly a heavy hint of desensitization. From Wordnik.com. [Charles D. Ellison: The Racial Comeback] Reference
I would say movies play as much a part in the desensitization: the Road, 28 Weeks later, Day After Tomorrow, I am Legend coming up. From Wordnik.com. [Posthuman Blues] Reference
Sometimes there's a direct correlation but most of the times it's aggregate, it's that desensitization over years and years and years. From Wordnik.com. [Senator Clinton's Speech to Kaiser Family Foundation Upon Release of Generation M: Media in the Lives of Kids 8 to 18.] Reference
I was thinking the same thing as dj regarding video games and desensitization, how this is sort of a ‘next step’ in that department. From Wordnik.com. [DAVY’S TOY BOX • by Bill Ward] Reference
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