Italian to English Dictionary (Dizionario Italiano-Inglese)

Desensitization

The diminished emotional responsiveness to a specific stimulus after repeated exposure to it.

Desertion

The act of abandoning a duty, post, or responsibility.

Desideration

The state of longing for something that is absent or lost.

Designation

The act of choosing someone or something for a particular role or purpose.

Designator

A person or thing that designates or identifies something.

Desinence

A grammatical ending or inflectional ending of a word.

Desmodromic

Relating to a system of valve actuation in which the valves are closed by a mechanism that is distinct from the one that opens them.

Desocialization

The process by which a person's social values, beliefs, and behaviors are stripped away or undone, often experienced in total institutions such as prisons or military training.

Desocialize

To remove or reduce social interactions or connections.

Desolation

A state of complete emptiness or destruction.

Desova

The process of releasing or spawning eggs by fish, amphibians, and other aquatic animals.

Despairingly

In a manner that shows a complete loss or absence of hope.