conditioned
Taught through repetition
Conditioned describes something that has been trained, treated, or modified to respond in a particular way.
A conditioned response is learned through repeated association—Pavlov's dogs salivating at a bell.
Hair or leather can be conditioned by applying substances that soften or protect.
Air is conditioned when mechanically cooled or heated.
More broadly, we are all conditioned by our upbringing and culture: Years of poverty had conditioned her to hoard food.
What prompts a reaction
- responseAnswer to stimulus
- reflexInvoluntary stimulus response
- classicalOf ancient Greece/Rome
- operantProducing an effect
behaviorism · reinforcement · Skinner · associative · learning · extinction · cue · trigger
Physically strong and active
- tonedMuscularly firm and defined
- fitProper or healthy
- trainedTaught a skill
- exercisedEngaged in physical activity
strengthened · muscular · endurance · stamina · cardiovascular · aerobic · gym · workout
Conditional or representative group
- predicatedBased on something assumed
- subjectMatter under discussion
- reliantRequiring external support
- basedLocated or established
qualified · provisional · stipulated · prerequisite · determinant · criteria · requirement · clause
Adjusted to surroundings
- hardenedMade tough or unfeeling
- seasonedFlavored or battle-tested
- inuredAccustomed through experience
- temperedStrengthened through heat treatment
toughened · weathered · accustomed · adapted · fortified · steeled · resilient · naturalized
Having strict self-control
- drilledPierced or rehearsed repeatedly
- practicedSkilled from repeated effort
- coachedGuided toward improvement
- instructedGave teaching or orders
schooled · prepared · groomed · indoctrinated · programmed · taught · molded · shaped
Gaseous envelope surrounding Earth
- heatedWarmed or passionate
- cooledReduced in temperature
- climate-controlledArtificially maintained environment
- ventilatedSupplied with fresh air
thermostat · humidity · filtered · temperature · indoor · ductwork · central · unit
stimulus
What prompts a reaction
operant · behaviorism · reinforcement · Skinner · associative · learning · extinction · cue · trigger · desensitization
athletic
Physically strong and active
exercised · strengthened · muscular · endurance · stamina · cardiovascular · aerobic · gym · workout · regimen
contingent
Conditional or representative group
- predicatedBased on something assumed
- subjectMatter under discussion
- reliantRequiring external support
based · qualified · provisional · stipulated · prerequisite · determinant · criteria · requirement · clause · terms
acclimated
Adjusted to surroundings
tempered · toughened · weathered · accustomed · adapted · fortified · steeled · resilient · naturalized · habituated
disciplined
Having strict self-control
- drilledPierced or rehearsed repeatedly
- practicedSkilled from repeated effort
- coachedGuided toward improvement
instructed · schooled · prepared · groomed · indoctrinated · programmed · taught · molded · shaped · primed
air
Gaseous envelope surrounding Earth
- heatedWarmed or passionate
- cooledReduced in temperature
- climate-controlledArtificially maintained environment
ventilated · thermostat · humidity · filtered · temperature · indoor · ductwork · central · unit · system
- groomingbrushing teeth, clean shave, bathe, groomed, haircut
- fitness levelsfit, unfit, in shape, out of shape, athletic
- influencedinspired, persuaded, motivated, swayed, affected
- wood statesdried, dry, wet, green, raw
- autopilot modeautopilot, automatic, unconscious, subconscious, instinctively
- fitnessfitness, exercise, gym, workout, running
conditionedunconditioned
Not learned or taught
untrained · naive · nonconditioned · raw · green
conditionedunconditioned
Not learned or taught
instinctive · innate · inborn · natural · spontaneous
conditionedout of shape
Lacking physical conditioning
unconditioned · unfit · underconditioned · deconditioned · soft
- air conditionerMechanical cooling system
- air conditioningIndoor cooling system
- mint conditionPerfect, unused state
- good conditionMaintained, undamaged state
- weather conditionsAtmospheric state outdoors
- terms and conditionsContractual requirements and rules
condition, conditions, conditioning, conditional, unconditional, conditioner, recondition, precondition, conditionals