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Noun: desensitisation  dee,sen-su-tI'zey-shun
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: desensitization)
  1. The process of reducing sensitivity
    "she laments on society's gradual desensitisation to the horrors of xenophobia";
    - desensitization

Derived forms: desensitisations

Type of: decrease, decrement

Encyclopedia: Desensitisation