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aversive definition

aver·sive (ə vʉr′siv)

adjective

  1. characterized by aversion
  2. Psychol. designating or having to do with conditioning, therapy, etc. intended to produce an aversion to a certain kind of undesirable behavior

Etymology: avers(ion) + -ive

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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