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conditioning

[kuhn-dish-uh-ning] / kənˈdɪʃ ə nɪŋ /


NOUN
brainwashing
Synonyms


NOUN
Pavlovian conditioning
Synonyms




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As well as the conflict in the Middle East, Cornwall Insight said prices had been affected by heatwaves across Europe that had increased demand for power generation to support air conditioning and other cooling.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

He didn’t allow air conditioning in his office, so his traders dripped with sweat.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

In the last 25 years, a new roof was installed, as well as air conditioning units and water heaters.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

Some people had described issues with air conditioning as well as problems with the water supply on the same vessel in May.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

A Ford Mustang this was, maroon, with cream-colored bucket seats and air conditioning.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

At both, the luxury treatment begins with a detailed scalp analysis followed by a neck and shoulder massage and repeated shampooings and conditionings.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 1, 2025

He sensed the change that possessed her, the struggling of new emotions, the shattering of imposed concepts and conditionings and their realigning to shape a new personality, a new person.

From Assignment's End by Roger D. Aycock

Francis Galton, pioneer student of the conditionings of human faculty, left an interesting study of the visualising capacity, so far as it could be attacked by the statistical method.

From The Glands Regulating Personality by Louis Berman M.D.

If we are to have a more rationalized form of social control, then, it will undoubtedly take into consideration the necessity of forming the socially desirable conditionings of the emotional life.

From Taboo and Genetics A Study of the Biological, Sociological and Psychological Foundation of the Family by Melvin Moses Knight




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