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aversive

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)sɪv

adjective more aversive · most aversive

  1. Tending to repel; causing avoidance. "I say—Nora, you, really you?" he cried, transported in turn, and to do him justice he did not seem to notice anything aversive in her disorder—or, indeed, to notice anything but her excited young face.

noun aversives

  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. For general training purposes, opportunities to engage in reproductive acts are not a practical reinforcer, and using aversives that generate fear is fraught with side effects.

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adj causing avoidance

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@misc{aversive_2026,
  title = {aversive},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/aversive},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}