sensitise
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
cause to sense; make sensitive
She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society
Types & categories
- photosensitize hyponym
- stir hyponym
Related & opposite
- desensitize antonym
- sense causes
Sense 2 verb
make sensitive to a drug or allergen
Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- sensitizing derivation
- sensitization derivation
- sensitizer derivation
Sense 3 verb
make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion
sensitize the photographic film
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- sensitizer derivation
- photography domain topic
Sense 4 verb
make sensitive or aware
He was not sensitized to her emotional needs
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- desensitize antonym
- sentiency derivation
- sense derivation
- sensitization derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | desensitize |
| 1 | causes | Related & opposite | sense |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | photosensitize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stir |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sensitizing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sensitization |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sensitizer |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sensitizer |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | photography |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | desensitize |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sentiency |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sense |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sensitization |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |