desensitise
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
cause not to be sensitive
The war desensitized many soldiers
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- sensitise antonym
- desensitization derivation
Sense 2 verb
make insensitive
His military training desensitized him
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- sensitize antonym
- desensitization derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | sensitise |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | desensitization |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | numb |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bedaze |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stupefy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | deaf |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | sensitize |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | desensitization |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |