Associations to the word «Aversive»
Noun
- Drug
- Hypothesis
- Synonym
- Event
- Treat
- Infant
- Symptom
- Preference
- Subject
- Animal
- Distress
- Rat
- Black
- Experiment
- Effect
- Projection
- Dis
- Cal
- Tension
- Assessment
- Con
- Minority
- Memory
- Theory
- Increase
- Affect
- Westminster
- Interaction
- Substance
- Scripture
- Completion
- Mood
- Mutation
- Context
- Strategy
- Orientation
- Probability
- Nucleus
- Patient
- Sion
- Setting
- Australian
- Es
- Chemical
- Produce
- Spencer
- Framework
- Acquisition
- Image
- Brain
- Encyclopedia
- Depression
- Instance
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- Abuse
- Illness
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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".
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