IMPLOSION THERAPY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does implosion therapy mean? 

• IMPLOSION THERAPY (noun)
  The noun IMPLOSION THERAPY has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: IMPLOSION THERAPY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMPLOSION THERAPY (noun)

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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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

flooding; implosion therapy

Hypernyms ("implosion therapy" is a kind of...):

behavior modification; behavior therapy (psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior)