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reciprocal inhibition

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.00 in modern English

Syllables
re-cip-ro-cal in-hi-bi-tion
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

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

Questions

What does reciprocal inhibition mean?
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

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