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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King