aversive
adjective
- characterized by aversion
- Psychol. designating or having to do with conditioning, therapy, etc. intended to produce an aversion to a certain kind of undesirable behavior
See aversive in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ə-vûrˈsĭv, -zĭv)
adjective Causing avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior by using an unpleasant or punishing stimulus, as in techniques of behavior modification.
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