to sensitize
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6.1
- verb
- /ˈsɛn.sɪ.taɪz/
:
sensibilizar
- Doctors are working to sensitize patients to the symptoms of allergic reactions.
- sensitize students
- sensitized individuals
- sensitized to this issue
And I think that in certain ways it'll have made us hyper sensitized to fear.
- And I think that in certain ways it'll have made us hyper sensitized to fear.
- Tuning into rhymes sensitizes very young children to the fact that words come apart.
- And the way to do it was to sensitize the decision makers in the bank so that they give us this.
- Which completely makes sense if sharks should be sensitized to two things.
Examples
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Strategies are available to sensitize teachers to concepts involved in cross-cultural interaction.
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Marcus Zusak's excellent book sensitizes students to the potential of the written word to effect societal and personal change.
Academic text (2015) -
And so the public needs to be sensitized to what risk means here.
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Studying and performing the music can sensitize students to different styles, as well as improve skills of comparison.
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My class did become sensitized to gender issues, apparently beyond my initial expectations.
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For example, the services conduct training to sensitize soldiers about racial, ethnic, and women's issues.
Academic text (1994) -
Television, radio, and Internet coverage of such events may have sensitized youth to violence and compromised their feelings of safety at school.
Academic text (2012) -
Several states have been sensitized to this issue and have taken legislative actions to remediate the situation.
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Anthropology is a powerful subject because it changes people; it sensitizes them to other people and to others' cultures.
Academic text (1998) -
The 1-day program starts with a barefoot walk in which students become sensitized to previously unrecognized phenomena on the ground.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
To make people more aware of a problem or idea
To make someone or something too sensitive to things like light and noise
Make a person or animal react strongly to a substance
Antonyms
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6.3
To make people and animals feel less strong reactions to pain, fear or loud sounds, often by repeated exposure
How Sensitive
Surface Forms
Morphology
sensitize = sensitive (transparent) = sensit + ize
A general derivation meaning 'make sensitive' applied to persons or systems; the orthographic change is predictable and the semantics are direct.
Etymology
The word sensitize comes from the old root sens-, from sentire, meaning 'to feel', and the ending -ize meaning 'make'. So, to sensitize a person or group is to make them more able to 'feel' or notice an issue, or to make the body react to a substance, which is why it means 'make sensitive' or 'raise awareness'.