decondition
Undo learned responses
To decondition is to reverse or undo a conditioned response or learned behavior.
In psychology, it means breaking the association between a stimulus and a trained reaction: The therapy aimed to decondition her fear of flying.
In fitness contexts, decondition describes losing physical conditioning through inactivity: After months without training, his muscles had deconditioned significantly.
Discard ingrained knowledge
- untrainReverse previous instruction
- deprogrammingReversing coercive belief implantation
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- desensitizationReduced response over time
counterconditioning · untraining · behavioral change · relearning · reprogramming
Wasting from disuse
- detrainingLeaving a railway vehicle
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- weakeningBecoming less strong
- regressionReturn to former state
disuse · debilitation · wasting · degradation · degeneration · backsliding · relapse · erosion
Constructing anew after destruction
- retrainingAcquiring updated skills
- strengtheningIncreasing power or solidity
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
restoration · gradual return · adaptation · resilience · endurance building · physical therapy · comeback · renewal
unlearn
Discard ingrained knowledge
- untrainReverse previous instruction
- deprogrammingReversing coercive belief implantation
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
desensitization · counterconditioning · untraining · behavioral change · relearning · reprogramming
atrophy
Wasting from disuse
- detrainingLeaving a railway vehicle
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- weakeningBecoming less strong
regression · disuse · debilitation · wasting · degradation · degeneration · backsliding · relapse · erosion · diminishment
rebuilding
Constructing anew after destruction
- retrainingAcquiring updated skills
- strengtheningIncreasing power or solidity
- therapyCurative mental treatment
recovery · restoration · gradual return · adaptation · resilience · endurance building · physical therapy · comeback · renewal · reconstitution
deconditioncondition
State or stipulation
reinforce · train · program · habituate · indoctrinate
deconditioncondition
State or stipulation
train · get in shape · build up · strengthen · tone