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sensory deprivation

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sensory deprivation
n.
Deprivation of external sensory stimulation, as by prolonged isolation.

sensory deprivation
n
(Psychology) Psychol an experimental situation in which all stimulation is cut off from the sensory receptors
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Noun1.sensory deprivation - a form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the victim of all sensory input
torturing, torture - the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"
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sensory deprivation
nReizabschirmung f, → sensorische Deprivation (spec)


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