decondition
Americanverb (used with object)
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to diminish the physical strength, stamina, or vitality of; weaken.
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to diminish or eliminate the conditioned responses or behavior patterns of.
Etymology
Origin of decondition
Example Sentences
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Furthermore, he says, “we decondition quickly following injury or life getting in our ways.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2021
He says, “We have to decondition ourselves, to undo all that self-contempt we have,” and Tom thinks, I can do that too.
From Slate • Jun. 29, 2018
“You might decondition . . . But what are you doing?”
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
It might have been tougher for him 200 years ago, when they hadn't learned to decondition children early from parental fixations.
From One Way by DeFord, Miriam Allen
He made arrangements to decondition Javo, the Number Two Oman Boss, whereupon that worthy became Javvy and promptly "bumped" the Oman who had been shadowing Karns.
From Masters of Space by Berry, Robert Lee
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