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psychol the reduction in the frequency of a learned response, e.g. pressing a bar for water, that occurs when a stimulus previously associated with pain is present

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Words nearby conditioned suppression

condition code register, condition codes, conditioned, conditioned response, conditioned stimulus, conditioned suppression, conditioner, conditioning, condo, condole, condolence

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How to use conditioned suppression in a sentence

We are being conditioned to believe that in exchange for a bargain, we just have no right to expect comfort in return.
Flying Coach Is the New Hell: How Airlines Engineer You Out of Room|Clive Irving|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But its far more insidious role was revealed, whether it was gun policies or voter suppression.
Mike Brown Dies, a Generation Comes Alive|Roland S. Martin|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Partly because he can't stay put, Palmer is among the best conditioned of major leaguers.
Will the Real Jim Palmer Please Stand Up|Tom Boswell|September 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Good Kill opens in an air-conditioned trailer on the outskirts of Vegas.
Ethan Hawke's 'Good Kill': A Searing Indictment of America's Drone Warfare Obsession|Marlow Stern|September 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Serious foodies can indulge in a high-end, three-course Chef Du Jour meal served inside an air-conditioned tent ($45 per person).
America’s Best Summer Food Festivals|Lonely Planet|July 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And our views of poverty and social betterment, or what is possible and what is not, are still largely conditioned by it.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
The recent law passed by the Spanish Cortes for the suppression of religious houses, has been strictly enforced here.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham
In everyday affairs a check is thus given and received, in fact it is only a payment conditioned on payment of the check.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
He desired neither the suppression of hell nor of the guillotine for the disposal of sinners and assassins.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life|Thophile Gautier
His majesty also alluded to a treaty which he had concluded with the Queen of Spain for the suppression of the slave-trade.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan