systematic desensitization

Definition of Systematic Desensitization in English :

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Noun

1. desensitisation procedure, desensitisation technique, desensitization procedure, desensitization technique, systematic desensitisation, systematic desensitization

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 extinguished

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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Systematic Desensitization

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noun

psychology

a treatment of phobias in which the patient while relaxed is exposed, often only in imagination, to progressively more frightening aspects of the phobia

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