• Aversive

    Full definition of aversive

    Adjective

    aversive

    1. Tending to repel, causing avoidance (of a situation, a behaviour, an item, etc),

    Noun

    aversive

    (countable and uncountable; plural aversives)
    1. (grammar, uncountable) A grammatical case indicating that something is avoided or feared; the evitative case.
    2. (psychology, countable) An unpleasant stimulus intended to induce a change in behaviour.
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