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un⋅con⋅di⋅tioned

  [uhn-kuhn-dish-uhnd]
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–adjective
1. not subject to conditions; absolute.
2. Psychology. not proceeding from or dependent on a conditioning of the individual; natural; innate: unconditioned behavior. Compare conditioned (def. 3).
Origin:
1625–35; un- 1 + conditioned

Related forms:
un⋅con⋅di⋅tioned⋅ness, noun

con⋅di⋅tion

  [kuhn-dish-uhn]
–noun
1. a particular mode of being of a person or thing; existing state; situation with respect to circumstances.
2. state of health: He was reported to be in critical condition.
3. fit or requisite state: to be out of condition; to be in no condition to run.
4. social position: in a lowly condition.
5. a restricting, limiting, or modifying circumstance: It can happen only under certain conditions.
6. a circumstance indispensable to some result; prerequisite; that on which something else is contingent: conditions of acceptance.
7. Usually, conditions. existing circumstances: poor living conditions.
8. something demanded as an essential part of an agreement; provision; stipulation: He accepted on one condition.
9. Law.
a. a stipulation in an agreement or instrument transferring property that provides for a change consequent on the occurrence or nonoccurrence of a stated event.
b. the event upon which this stipulation depends.
10. Informal. an abnormal or diseased state of part of the body: heart condition; skin condition.
11. U.S. Education.
a. a requirement imposed on a college student who fails to reach the prescribed standard in a course at the end of the regular period of instruction, permitting credit to be established by later performance.
b. the course or subject to which the requirement is attached.
12. Grammar. protasis.
13. Logic. the antecedent of a conditional proposition.
–verb (used with object)
14. to put in a fit or proper state.
15. to accustom or inure: to condition oneself to the cold.
16. to air-condition.
17. to form or be a condition of; determine, limit, or restrict as a condition.
18. to subject to particular conditions or circumstances: Her studies conditioned her for her job.
19. U.S. Education. to impose a condition on (a student).
20. to test (a commodity) to ascertain its condition.
21. to make (something) a condition; stipulate.
22. Psychology. to establish a conditioned response in (a subject).
23. Textiles.
a. to test (fibers or fabrics) for the presence of moisture or other foreign matter.
b. to replace moisture lost from (fibers or fabrics) in manipulation or manufacture.
–verb (used without object)
24. to make conditions.
—Idiom
25. on or upon condition that, with the promise or provision that; provided that; if: She accepted the position on condition that there would be opportunity for advancement.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME condicioun < AF; OF < L condiciōn- (s. of condiciō) agreement, equiv. to con- con- + dic- say (see dictate ) + -iōn- -ion; sp. with t by influence of LL or ML forms; cf. F condition

Related forms:
con⋅di⋅tion⋅a⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
1. See state. 8. requirement, proviso.
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un·con·di·tioned   (ŭn'kən-dĭsh'ənd)   
adj.  

  1. Unconditional; unrestricted.

  2. Psychology Not dependent on or resulting from conditioning; unlearned or natural.

un'con·di'tioned·ness n.
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Main Entry: 2condition
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: conditioned; conditioning
: to make subject to conditions conditioned upon approval of the patent —j. d. calamari and j. m. perillo>
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Main Entry: 2condition
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: con·di·tioned; con·di·tion·ing /-'dish-(&-)ni[ng]/
: to cause to undergo a change so that an act or response previously associated with one stimulus becomes associated with another —con·di·tion·able /-(&-)n&-b&l/ adjective

Main Entry: un·con·di·tioned
Pronunciation: -'dish-&nd
Function: adjective
1 : not dependent on or subjected to conditioningor learning <unconditioned responses> unconditioned reflex>
2 : producing an unconditioned response <unconditioned stimuli>
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condition con·di·tion (kən-dĭsh'ən)
n.

  1. A disease or physical ailment.

  2. A state of health or physical fitness.

v. con·di·tioned, con·di·tion·ing, con·di·tions
To cause an organism to respond in a specific manner to a conditioned stimulus in the absence of an unconditioned stimulus.

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