aversive

English

Adjective

aversive (comparative more aversive, superlative most aversive)

1. tending to repel, causing avoidance (of a situation, a behaviour, an item, etc.)

Translations

causing avoidance

• French: aversif (fr)
• Italian: aversivo
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• Maori: whakakonekone

Noun

aversive (countable and uncountable, plural aversives)

1. (grammar, uncountable) a grammatical case indicating that something is avoided or feared; the evitative case
2. (psychology, countable) an unpleasant stimulus intended to induce a change in behaviour

References

• Skinner, B. F. (1969) Contingencies of Reinforcement. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.vɛʁ.siv/
• Homophone: aversives

Adjective

aversive

1. feminine singular of aversif

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German

Adjective

aversive

1. inflection of aversiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

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Italian

Adjective

aversive f

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine plural of adjective aversivo.