sensitise
Heighten emotional response
Sensitise is the British spelling of sensitize, meaning to make someone or something more aware of, responsive to, or affected by something.
You can sensitise people to social issues like poverty or discrimination, helping them notice and care about problems they might otherwise overlook.
In technical contexts, sensitise describes making materials reactive to light or other stimuli, as when photographic film is sensitised to capture images.
The training programme sensitised staff to unconscious bias in hiring.
Make accustomed through repetition
- conditionState or stipulation
- accustomMake used to
- familiariseMake oneself knowledgeable about
- attuneAdjust to conditions
adjust · acclimate · prepare · adapt · orientate · inure · prime · ready
State of perceiving reality
- enlightenImpart knowledge or wisdom
- informGive facts to
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- understandingMental comprehension of something
awakening · insight · knowledge · recognition · realization · cognizance · comprehension · discernment
Immune response trigger
- reactionResponse to stimulus
- exposureState of being unprotected
- immuneProtected from harm
- antibodyProtein targeting foreign substances
histamine · trigger · intolerance · hypersensitivity · anaphylaxis · dermatitis · irritant · antigen
Sharing another's emotions
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- attunementHarmonious receptive connection
receptivity · vulnerability · openness · responsiveness · caring · concern · consideration · solidarity
habituate
Make accustomed through repetition
- conditionState or stipulation
- accustomMake used to
- familiariseMake oneself knowledgeable about
attune · adjust · acclimate · prepare · adapt · orientate · inure · prime · ready · expose
awareness
State of perceiving reality
- enlightenImpart knowledge or wisdom
- informGive facts to
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
understanding · awakening · insight · knowledge · recognition · realization · cognizance · comprehension · discernment · illuminate
allergen
Immune response trigger
antibody · histamine · trigger · intolerance · hypersensitivity · anaphylaxis · dermatitis · irritant · antigen · susceptibility
empathy
Sharing another's emotions
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
attunement · receptivity · vulnerability · openness · responsiveness · caring · concern · consideration · solidarity · rapport
calibrate
Adjust for accuracy
- photosensitiveResponsive to radiant energy
- emulsionBlended immiscible liquids
- filmMovie or coating
coating · receptor · detector · activation · priming · reagent · electrode · biosensor · substrate · spectral
sensitisedesensitise
Diminish reactive sensitivity
desensitize · numb · deaden · anaesthetise · anaesthetize
sensitisedesensitise
Diminish reactive sensitivity
desensitize · harden · inure · callous · toughen
- sensitive skinEasily irritated epidermis
- sensitive teethTeeth that hurt easily
- case sensitiveUppercase and lowercase differ
- time sensitiveRequiring prompt action
- sensitive informationData requiring protection from disclosure
- sensitive areas
sensitive, sensitivity, insensitive, insensitivity, desensitize, sensitize, desensitized, sensitized, sensitizes