supersensitize

[soo-per-sen-si-tahyz]

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verb (used with object), -tized, -tiz·ing.

to render or make supersensitive.

Also, especially British, su·per·sen·si·tise.

Origin:
super- + sensit(ive) + -ize

Related forms

su·per·sen·si·ti·za·tion, noun

su·per·sen·si·tiz·er, noun

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Supersensitize has a plethora of syllables.

So is sesquipedalianism. Does it mean:

the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).

given to using long words.

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