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conditioned
[ kuhn-dish-uhnd ]
adjective
- existing under or subject to conditions.
- characterized by a predictable or consistent pattern of behavior or thought as a result of having been subjected to certain circumstances or conditions.
- Psychology. proceeding from or dependent on a conditioning of the individual; learned; acquired: Compare unconditioned ( def 2 ).
conditioned behavior patterns.
- made suitable for a given purpose.
Synonyms: adjusted
Synonyms: used to
conditioned
/ kənˈdɪʃənd /
adjective
- psychol of or denoting a response that has been learned Compare unconditioned
- foll by to accustomed; inured; prepared by training
Other Words From
- noncon·ditioned adjective
- self-con·ditioned adjective
- semi·con·ditioned adjective
- well-con·ditioned adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of conditioned1
Example Sentences
We are being conditioned to believe that in exchange for a bargain, we just have no right to expect comfort in return.
Partly because he can't stay put, Palmer is among the best conditioned of major leaguers.
Good Kill opens in an air-conditioned trailer on the outskirts of Vegas.
Serious foodies can indulge in a high-end, three-course Chef Du Jour meal served inside an air-conditioned tent ($45 per person).
But both senators appear to have backed off their position that the aid to Egypt should be halted or at least heavily conditioned.
And our views of poverty and social betterment, or what is possible and what is not, are still largely conditioned by it.
In everyday affairs a check is thus given and received, in fact it is only a payment conditioned on payment of the check.
We need not doubt, however, that in practice the form of the acre was largely conditioned by the nature of the ground.
Her neck, far too liberally exhibited, resembled nothing so much as the stem of an ill-conditioned, gnarly young olive tree.
Most of the people of Earth are security-conditioned from childhood.
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