n. same as desensitization.
v. t. same as desensitize.
n. the process of reducing or eliminating sensitivity.
v. t. to rendered insensitive or less sensitive. Opposite of sensitize.
adj. rendered insensitive.
adj. making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli. Opposite of
a. Not sensitive; wanting sensation, or wanting acute sensibility. Tillotson. Ruskin. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
a. Not sensitive; wanting sense or perception; not easily affected. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F. sensitif. See Sense. ]
She was too sensitive to abuse and calumny. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
A sensitive love of some sensitive objects. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]
Sensitive fern (Bot.),
Sensitive flame (Physics),
Sensitive joint vetch (Bot.),
Sensitive paper,
Sensitive plant. (Bot.)
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n. The quality or state of being sensitive; -- used chiefly in science and the arts;
Sensitivity and emotivity have also been used as the scientific term for the capacity of feeling. Hickok. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. (Photog.) To render sensitive, or susceptible of being easily acted on by the actinic rays of the sun;
n. (Photog.) An agent that sensitizes. [ 1913 Webster ]
The sensitizer should be poured on the middle of the sheet. Wilis & Clements (The Platinotype). [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Excessively sensitive; morbidly sensitive. --