Word family noun sense ≠ nonsense sensibility ≠ insensibility sensitivity ≠ insensitivity senselessness sensitization sensor adjective sensible insensible senseless sensitive ≠ insensitive sensory nonsensical insensate verb sense sensitize adverb sensibly senselessly sensitively ≠ insensitively
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsensitizesen‧si‧tize (also sensitise British English) /ˈsensətaɪz/ verb [transitive] 1 UNDERSTANDto give someone some experience or knowledge of a particular problem or situation so that they can notice it and understand it easilysensitize somebody to something Volunteers need to be sensitized to the cultural differences they will meet in African countries.2 if someone is sensitized to a particular substance, their body has begun to have a bad reaction whenever they touch it, breathe it etcbe sensitized to something Many hospital workers have become sensitized to the latex in gloves.Grammar Sensitize is usually passive in this meaning.3 technicalT to treat a material or a piece of equipment so that it will react to physical or chemical changes sensitized photographic paper —sensitization /ˌsensətaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -tə-/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
sensitize• A descriptive sociology requires a sensitizing of oneself to the social phenomena described whatever may be their nature or conceptual complexity.• Therefore the function of an affirmative sociology would be to sensitize people to the social order.• What helped us was the mobilization of the families, the relatives, to sensitize public opinion and the media.• First, the build up of calcium may serve to sensitize the receptor as discussed earlier.• They had been sensitized to exclusion as they were growing up.• As a result, more people became sensitized to latex and developed allergic reactions.• The symptoms and signs described above are those seen in some one who is sensitized to the fungus.sensitize somebody to something• The public is being sensitized to the level of handgun violence.be sensitized to something• The symptoms and signs described above are those seen in some one who is sensitized to the fungus. 