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to resensitize

to resensitize

1 7.6
To make a person, cell, or thing respond again after it stops responding to something
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈsɛnsaɪtaɪz/
: resensibilizar
  • The therapy was designed to resensitize patients after their emotional numbness from trauma.

Examples

  • It was mindlessness of the sort produced by this hustle and bustle that GRAV sought to combat with the deconditioning and resensitizing objects produced by the artists.

    Academic text (2014)

  • This documentary aims to resensitize viewers to the importance of environmental conservation.

  • Many films try to resensitize audiences to social issues by portraying them in a realistic light.

Synonyms

to sensitize
vsto resensitize
5 6.1

Make a person more likely to react to something like an allergen or idea

restores sensitivity after loss rather than causing sensitivity initially
to sensibilize
vsto resensitize
8.3

To make people more aware of a problem or idea

restores sensitivity after loss rather than simply raising awareness

Antonyms

to desensitize
16 6.3

To make people and animals feel less strong reactions to pain, fear or loud sounds, often by repeated exposure

How Sensitive

to sensitize
5 6.1
to resensitize
1 7.6

Surface Forms

resensitize infinitive
resensitized past
resensitized past participle
resensitizing present participle
resensitizes third person singular

Morphology

resensitize = sensitize (transparent) = re + sensit + ize

The meaning is a straightforward repetition meaning: 'make sensitive again' from 'sensitize' plus the prefix 're-'.

Etymology

Resensitize starts with re- meaning 'again' and has the part sens meaning 'feel', the same part you see in sense and sensitive. So, to resensitize someone or something is to 'make able to feel again', which explains its modern meaning.