reciprocal inhibition

1. 1.

   a method of behavior therapy based on the inhibition of one response by the occurrence of another response that is mutually incompatible with it; a relaxation response might be conditioned to a stimulus that previously evoked anxiety

   Synonymsreciprocal-inhibition therapy

   Broaderbehavior therapy

Questions about reciprocal inhibition

What does reciprocal inhibition mean?

reciprocal inhibition means "a method of behavior therapy based on the inhibition of one response by the occurrence of another response that is mutually incompatible with it; a relaxation response might be conditioned to a stimulus that previously evoked anxiety".

What is another word for reciprocal inhibition?

Close synonyms include reciprocal-inhibition therapy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.