counterconditioning

[koun-ter-kuhn-dish-uh-ning]

coun·ter·con·di·tion·ing

[koun-ter-kuhn-dish-uh-ning]
noun Psychology.
the extinction of an undesirable response to a stimulus through the introduction of a more desirable, often incompatible, response.

Origin:
1960–65; counter- + conditioning
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Counterconditioning has a plethora of syllables.
So is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Does it mean:
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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counterconditioning (ˌkaʊntəkənˈdɪʃənɪŋ)
 
n
psychol the conditioning of a response that is incompatible with some previously learned response; for example, in psychotherapy an anxious person might be taught relaxation, which is incompatible with anxiety

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counterconditioning coun·ter·con·di·tion·ing (koun'tər-kən-dĭsh'ə-nĭng)
n.
Any of a group of conditioning techniques used to replace a negative conditioned response to a stimulus with a positive response.

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