Associations to the word «Aversive»

Wiktionary

AVERSIVE, adjective. Tending to repel, causing avoidance (of a situation, a behaviour, an item, etc),
AVERSIVE, noun. (grammar) (uncountable) A grammatical case indicating that something is avoided or feared; the evitative case.
AVERSIVE, noun. (psychology) (countable) An unpleasant stimulus intended to induce a change in behaviour.

Dictionary definition

AVERSIVE, adjective. Tending to repel or dissuade; "aversive conditioning".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats