Term: desensitization technique: a technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety; client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguished
Candidate hypernym: behavior therapy: psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior → 1
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Candidate hypernym: bottle gourd: Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits → 0
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