Definition of
extinguished has definitions from the field of psychology
1
[ adjective ] (psychology) of a conditioned response; caused to die out because of the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement

Used in print

(E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)

A previously extinguished conditioned_reaction was restored in monkey A and was associated with typical signs of emotional excitement including sympathetic discharges .

Related terms

psychology destroyed

2
[ adjective ] of a fire; being out or having grown cold

Synonyms

out quenched extinct

Examples

"threw his extinct cigarette into the stream" "faint smoke from the extinguished candle" "the fire is out" "the quenched flames"

Related terms

dead

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Rhymes with

distinguished undistinguished anguished relinquished vanquished finished punished unfinished undiminished diminished furnished vanished burnished unpunished astonished admonished garnished varnished tarnished nourished malnourished undernourished unvarnished dished polished published blemished demolished unblemished unpublished embellished cherished accomplished established impoverished

Phonetic and Homophones

IH0 K S T IH1 NG G W IH0 SH T

Similar Spelling

extinguish extinguisher extinguishable extinguishing

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