verb
- to make someone or something less sensitive or responsive to a stimulus, emotion, or experience
Usage: third person singular present tense
Examples
- Repeated exposure to violence desensitizes viewers to its impact.
- The medication desensitizes nerve endings to reduce pain.
- Constant criticism desensitizes children to praise.
- The therapy gradually desensitizes patients to their phobias.
- Overuse of antibiotics desensitizes bacteria to treatment.
- Social media desensitizes people to real human connection.