English Explanatory Dictionary

aversive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Tending to repel; causing avoidance.
noun
  1. A grammatical case indicating that something is avoided or feared; the evitative case.
  2. An unpleasant stimulus intended to induce a change in behaviour.

Word forms

aversive more aversive most aversive aversives

Related words

punishment operant conditioning

Derived words

aversively aversiveness nonaversive photoaversive proaversive unaversive
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