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reciprocal inhibition
noun
, Psychiatry.
- the theory that the pairing of an anxiety-provoking stimulus with anxiety-reducing reactions will weaken the association between the stimulus and the anxiety.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of reciprocal inhibition1
First recorded in 1905–10
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