counterconditioning: Meaning and Definition of

coun•ter•con•di•tion•ing

Pronunciation: (koun"tur-kun-dish'u-ning), [key]
— n. Psychol.
  1. the extinction of an undesirable response to a stimulus through the introduction of a more desirable, often incompatible, response.
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