mithridatization means synonym of mithridatism. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why “mithridatization” is a great word
MITHRIDATIZATION — [Noun] The process of building physiological immunity to a poison by deliberately and gradually self-administering sub-lethal doses. From the verb *mithridatize* (to administer poison in gradually increasing doses) + the noun-forming suffix *-ation*, in reference to Mithridates VI of Pontus, a king said to have practiced this technique. Unlike *hormesis*, which describes any beneficial biological response to a low-dose stressor, or *vaccination*, which introduces a weakened or simulated pathogen, mithridatization is a grim, personal alchemy—the slow, conscious courting of the very toxin one fears. It is the careful measure of arsenic in the morning wine, the ritualized tasting of ever-more-deadly herbs, the body’s reluctant adaptation until it can endure what would kill another. A testament to the paranoia that can turn survival into a daily act of self-poisoning.
noun
- Synonym of mithridatism.