Resensitize
/ˌriːˈsɛn.sɪ.taɪz/noun
To make someone or something sensitive again, especially after prior desensitization.
Did you know?Resensitize is built from a very old Latin root meaning “to feel,” the same root behind words like sense and sensation—so this modern therapy word is literally about restoring the power to perceive.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
sēnsus
“feeling, perception, sense”
Late Latin
Latin
sēnsibilis
“capable of feeling or perceiving”
Early Modern English
English
sensitive
“easily affected; quick to feel”
20th Century
English
desensitize
“to make less sensitive”
20th Century
English
resensitize
“to make sensitive again”