RECIPROCAL-INHIBITION THERAPY

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Meaning:

A method of behavior therapy based on the inhibition of one response by the occurrence of another response that is mutually incompatible with it; a relaxation response might be conditioned to a stimulus that previously evoked anxiety

Synonyms:

reciprocal-inhibition therapy; reciprocal inhibition

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("reciprocal-inhibition therapy" is a kind of...):

behavior modification; behavior therapy (psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior)

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