sensitizing
- noun
- /ˈsɛn.sɪ.taɪ.zɪŋ/
- Specialized
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sensibilización
- Factor I underlies the inductive orientation, accounting for 34% of the total variance; factor 2 comprises the sensitizing orientation, accounting for 19% of the variance.
Examples
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Inductive and sensitizing techniques are often used in combination, to varying degrees, although Baumrind (1968) has reported that inductive techniques are dominant among authoritative/evaluative parents and sensitizing techniques are dominant among parents.
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If we do a study, I've kind of got this sensitizing set of concepts that I can sort of look for, and it's quite interesting.
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21 insulin-sensitizing agents also increase IGFBP-1 levels and decrease IGF-1 levels.
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Education at the human level would be the conscious sensitizing of humans to those profound communications made by the universe about us, by the sun, moon, and stars, the clouds and rain, the contours of the earth, and all its living forms.
Academic text (1993) -
What kind of sensitizing strategy might, in the longer term, reduce the need for unusual—and thus potentially more easily verifiable—effects or series of responses?
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Both sensitizing concepts (those derived from previous studies to inform the present study) and indigenous concepts (those that arose directly from the data collected in the present study) were used to identify dominant themes.
Academic text (2007) -
By identifying these sensitizing concepts, future empirical work investigating American Indian homicide can be more responsibly informed (Blumer 1969).
Academic text (1991) -
Growth in the reflective process leads toward a sensitivity to students' needs and then to a more critical (Van Manen, 1977), moral (Kemmis, 1985), or sensitizing (Tsangaridou & O'Sullivan, 1994) level.
Academic text (2003) -
Inductive and sensitizing techniques are often used in combination, to varying degrees, although Baumrind (1968) has reported that inductive techniques are dominant among authoritative/evaluative parents and sensitizing techniques are dominant among parents.
Academic text (2007) -
The sensitizing process involved administering multiple injections to help her body respond better to the allergen.
Synonyms
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7.0
The body's immune system starts to react to a substance, often causing allergies
A change that makes the body react strongly to something after repeated exposure
Antonyms
- Specialized
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6.9
A process that makes someone less sensitive to pain or strong feelings by repeated exposure
How Sensitizing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word sensitizing comes from the root sens meaning 'to feel', the same root in sense and sensitive. In medicine or lab work, sensitizing is the process that makes a person or animal more likely to react to a substance, often after repeated exposure.