sensitize

• Verbe désignant l'action de rendre quelqu'un ou quelque chose plus conscient, réceptif ou sensible à un stimulus, un problème ou un état donné.

A verb used to indicate the act of making someone or something more aware, responsive, or sensitive to a particular stimulus, issue, or condition.

1. Make aware or sensitiveB2formal

   To cause someone to become more aware or responsive to a particular issue, feeling, or situation.

   sensibiliser

   • The campaign aims to sensitize the public to the dangers of plastic pollution.
   • Workshops are held to sensitize employees about workplace harassment.
   • We need to sensitize children to the needs of others from an early age.

   Synonymesacquaintalerteducateenlightenfamiliarizeinform

   Antonymesdesensitizenumb

2. Cause to senseC1formalscientific

   To make a person or organism more responsive to sensory stimuli.

   sensibiliser

   • The training sensitized the dogs to detect explosives.
   • Repeated exposure can sensitize the skin to touch.
   • The experiment sensitized the subjects to subtle changes in temperature.

   Synonymesheightenquickensharpenstimulate

   Antonymesdesensitize

3. Make sensitive to a substanceC1formalmedical

   To cause an organism to become more reactive to a drug, allergen, or other chemical agent.

   sensibiliser

   • Repeated use of the cream can sensitize the skin to the active ingredient.
   • The patient was sensitized to penicillin after a previous allergic reaction.
   • Pollen can sensitize the immune system over time.

   Antonymesdesensitize

4. Make photosensitiveC1formaltechnical

   To treat a material, such as film or paper, so that it becomes sensitive to light, often for photographic purposes.

   sensibiliser

   • The technician sensitized the photographic paper in a darkroom.
   • To capture the image, the plate must be sensitized with a light-sensitive emulsion.
   • The film is sensitized to blue light for this particular process.

   Synonymesphotosensitize