Aversive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Causing avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior by using an unpleasant or punishing stimulus, as in techniques of behavior modification.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Tending to repel, causing avoidance (of a situation, a behaviour, an item, etc),
  • adj. Avoidance that can be taught through the use of stimulus that either punish or reinforces.
  • n. A grammatical case indicating that something is avoided or feared; the evitative case.
  • n. An unpleasant stimulus intended to induce a change in behaviour.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. of or pertaining to aversion.
  • adj. exhibiting avoidance or causing avoidance.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Averse; turning away.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. tending to repel or dissuade
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