Sensitize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Sensitize is a verb meaning To make (someone or something) sensitive or responsive to certain stimuli.
Meaning
To make (someone or something) sensitive or responsive to certain stimuli.
More Meanings
- To make (someone) increasingly aware of, in a concerned or sensitive way.
- (transitive) To render capable of being acted on by actinic rays of light.
Example Sentences
Ever since the burglary, we've been more sensitized to home security issues.
Anaphylaxis is the syndrome elicited in a hypersensitive subject upon subsequent exposure to the sensitizing antigen.
At least two stations have been sensitized towards the position gay media professionals […] have to take to protect their job security.
Again, I strongly recommend that you sensitize your collodion-coated plates in a tank, rather than a tray, as it is safer, cleaner, and more process-efficient.
Word Forms
- sensitizes
- sensitizing
- sensitized
- sensitise
Synonyms for sensitize
Depending on context, synonyms include familiarize, sensibilize.
Antonyms for sensitize
Common opposites include desensitize.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sensibilize, sensitization, sensitise, engage, impress, awareness.
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