condizionamento

conditioning, influence

noun kon-dee-tsyoh-NAH-men-toh Rare

Also means

air conditioning

Usage Note

Condizionamento covers both psychological conditioning (in the Pavlovian or behavioural sense) and the more everyday sense of air conditioning (condizionamento dell'aria). Context usually clarifies which is meant; in technical or psychological discourse the behavioural sense predominates.

Examples

"Il condizionamento dell'aria è rotto."

Natural Translation

The air conditioning is broken.

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