Aversive
Full definition of aversive
Adjective
aversive
- Tending to repel, causing avoidance (of a situation, a behaviour, an item, etc),
Noun
aversive
(countable and uncountable; plural aversives)- (grammar, uncountable) A grammatical case indicating that something is avoided or feared; the evitative case.
- (psychology, countable) An unpleasant stimulus intended to induce a change in behaviour.