| NOUN | act | flooding, implosion therapy | a technique used in behavior therapy |
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| Sounds | flah'dihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | A technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or numbed to them. | |
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| Synonym | implosion therapy | |
| Broader | behavior therapy, behavior modification | psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior |
| Spanish | inundación | |
| Verbs | flood | fill quickly beyond capacity |
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