Extinction
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus
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Senses
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the act of extinguishing
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complete annihilation
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the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation
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no longer in existence
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no longer active
Classifications
Entity Type
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unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- defunctnessexperimental extinctionexterminationextinctextinguishingnonextantquenching
- plural
- Extinctions
- possessive
- Extinction's
- pluralpossessive
- Extinctions'