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RECIPROCAL INHIBITION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A method of behavior therapy based on the inhibition of one response by the occurrence of another response that is mutually incompatible with it; a relaxation response might be conditioned to a stimulus that previously evoked anxiety
Synonyms:
reciprocal-inhibition therapy; reciprocal inhibition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("reciprocal inhibition" is a kind of...):
behavior modification; behavior therapy (psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior)
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