con|di|tioned

con|di|tioned
con|di|tioned «kuhn DIHSH uhnd», adjective.
1. put under a condition; subject to certain conditions: »

Art is the one corner of human life in which we may take our ease. ... In other places our passions are conditioned and embarrassed (Henry James).

2. in or having a certain kind of condition.
3. Psychology. a) based on or caused by conditioning: »

conditioned behavior.

b) that evokes a response as a result of conditioning: »

a conditioned stimulus.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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