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reciprocal inhibition

noun

, Psychiatry.
  1. the theory that the pairing of an anxiety-provoking stimulus with anxiety-reducing reactions will weaken the association between the stimulus and the anxiety.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of reciprocal inhibition1

First recorded in 1905–10

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