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Definitions for Conditioning

[1] Also called operant conditioning, instrumental conditioning. a process of changing behavior by rewarding or punishing a subject each time an action is performed until the subject associates the action with pleasure or distress.
[2] Also called classical conditioning, Pavlovian conditioning, respondent conditioning. a process in which a stimulus that was previously neutral, as the sound of a bell, comes to evoke a particular response, as salivation, by being repeatedly paired with another stimulus that normally evokes the response, as the taste of food.
[3] a particular mode of being of a person or thing; existing state; situation with respect to circumstances.
[4] state of health: He was reported to be in critical condition.
[5] fit or requisite state: to be out of condition; to be in no condition to run.
[6] social position: in a lowly condition.
[7] a restricting, limiting, or modifying circumstance: It can happen only under certain conditions.
[8] a circumstance indispensable to some result; prerequisite; that on which something else is contingent: conditions of acceptance.
[9] Usually conditions. existing circumstances: poor living conditions.
[10] something demanded as an essential part of an agreement; provision; stipulation: He accepted on one condition.
[11] Law . a stipulation in an agreement or instrument transferring property that provides for a change consequent on the occurrence or nonoccurrence of a stated event. the event upon which this stipulation depends.
[12] Informal . an abnormal or diseased state of part of the body: heart condition; skin condition.
[13] U.S. Education . 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. the course or subject to which the requirement is attached.
[14] Grammar . protasis.
[15] Logic . the antecedent of a conditional proposition.
[16] to put in a fit or proper state.
[17] to accustom or inure: to condition oneself to the cold.
[18] to air-condition.
[19] to form or be a condition of; determine, limit, or restrict as a condition.
[20] to subject to particular conditions or circumstances: Her studies conditioned her for her job.
[21] U.S. Education . to impose a condition on (a student).
[22] to test (a commodity) to ascertain its condition.
[23] to make (something) a condition; stipulate.
[24] Psychology . to establish a conditioned response in (a subject).
[25] Textiles . to test (fibers or fabrics) for the presence of moisture or other foreign matter. to replace moisture lost from (fibers or fabrics) in manipulation or manufacture.
[26] to make conditions.
[27] psychol the learning process by which the behaviour of an organism becomes dependent on an event occurring in its environment See also classical conditioning, instrumental learning
[28] (of a shampoo, cosmetic, etc) intended to improve the condition of something a conditioning rinse
[29] a particular state of being or existence; situation with respect to circumstances the human condition
[30] something that limits or restricts something else; a qualification you may enter only under certain conditions
[31] (plural) external or existing circumstances conditions were right for a takeover
[32] state of health or physical fitness, esp good health (esp in the phrases in condition, out of condition )
[33] an ailment or physical disability a heart condition
[34] something indispensable to the existence of something else your happiness is a condition of mine
[35] something required as part of an agreement or pact; terms the conditions of the lease are set out
[36] law a declaration or provision in a will, contract, etc, that makes some right or liability contingent upon the happening of some event the event itself
[37] logic a statement whose truth is either required for the truth of a given statement (a necessary condition ) or sufficient to guarantee the truth of the given statement (a sufficient condition ) See sufficient (def. 2), necessary (def. 3e)
[38] maths logic a presupposition, esp a restriction on the domain of quantification, indispensable to the proof of a theorem and stated as part of it
[39] statistics short for experimental condition
[40] rank, status, or position in life
[41] on condition that or upon condition that (conjunction) provided that
[42] psychol to alter the response of (a person or animal) to a particular stimulus or situation to establish a conditioned response in (a person or animal)
[43] to put into a fit condition or state
[44] to improve the condition of (one's hair) by use of special cosmetics
[45] to accustom or inure
[46] to subject to a condition
[47] (intr) archaic to make conditions

Words related to Conditioning

brainwash, accustom, educate, inure, train, practice, modify, habituate, program, ready, equip, sharpen

Words nearby Conditioning

conditioned, conditioned response, conditioned stimulus, conditioned suppression, conditioner, conditioning, condo, condole, condolence, condolent, condom

Origin of Conditioning

1275–1325; Middle English condicioun < Anglo-French; Old French < Latin condiciōn- (stem of condiciō ) agreement, equivalent to con- con- + dic- say (see dictate) + -iōn- -ion; spelling with t by influence of Late Latin or Medieval Latin forms; compare French condition

Other words from Conditioning

self-con·di·tion·ing , adjective
con·di·tion·a·ble , adjective
un·con·di·tion , verb (used with object)

Word origin for Conditioning

C14: from Latin conditiō, from condīcere to discuss, agree together, from con- together + dīcere to say

Synonyms for Conditioning

accustom, brainwash, educate, equip, habituate, inure, modify, practice, program, ready, sharpen, train, build up, loosen up, make ready, shape up, tone up, toughen up, warm up, whip into shape, work out, work over