aversive
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English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
aversive (comparative more aversive, superlative most aversive)
- Tending to repel, causing avoidance (of a situation, a behaviour, an item, etc),
Translations[edit]
causing avoidance
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Noun[edit]
aversive (countable and uncountable, plural aversives)
- (grammar, uncountable) A grammatical case indicating that something is avoided or feared; the evitative case.
- (psychology, countable) An unpleasant stimulus intended to induce a change in behaviour.
References[edit]
- Skinner, B. F. (1969) Contingencies of Reinforcement. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts
French[edit]
Adjective[edit]
aversive
German[edit]
Adjective[edit]
aversive
- inflected form of aversiv
Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
aversive f