Definition
desensitised
adjective
- emotionally unresponsive or indifferent to something that would normally cause a strong reaction
Usage: British spelling; American spelling is 'desensitized'
verb
- past tense and past participle of desensitise; to make someone less sensitive or responsive to something
Usage: British spelling; American spelling is 'desensitized'; often used with 'to'
Examples
- After watching violent films for years, he became desensitised to graphic content.
- The constant news coverage had desensitised the public to the tragedy.
- Repeated exposure to the stimulus desensitised the patients to their fear.
- She felt desensitised to criticism after receiving so much negative feedback.
- The therapy aims to desensitise people to their phobias through gradual exposure.
- Modern advertising has desensitised consumers to manipulative marketing tactics.