preconditionedadj.
/ˌpriːkənˈdɪʃnd/, U.S. /ˌprikənˈdɪʃ(ə)nd/ Established as or brought into a desired state or condition beforehand; conditioned or influenced by prior exposure to a particular set of circumstances; (of a person or animal) having a pre-established conditioned response.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] > prepared or ready > made ready > for use > by bringing into condition
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1659 G. Wither Epistolium-Vagum-Prosa-Metricum 28 I..was carried by a Poetical Rapture, into an unpremeditated Apprehension, of what..neerly relates to this Republicks well or ill being, as the pre-conditioned means of her welfare shall be neglected or performed.
1854 L. P. Hickok Empirical Psychol. 29 Every individual life has its own law of working, and builds up its own body after its own pre-conditioned order.
1926 L. L. Bernard Introd. Soc. Psychol. xi. 307 The young, like the feeble-minded and lower animals, are highly suggestible in the direction of their relatively few preconditioned responses.
1961 L. P. V. Johnson In Time of Thetans vii. 54 Second stage. Bringing reverence and servility to preconditioned humanity.
1991 Dogs Today Mar. 35/4 The preconditioned dog looks rather unnerved by the noise of the discs—thrown near him or simply rattled.
2003 CircuiTree (Nexis) 1 Dec. 52 The manufacturing process for both of these materials..involves screen printing the ceramic paste on preconditioned copper foil.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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