Sekirov Dictionary

aversive

noun 2
adjective 1
forms 3

noun2

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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. — 2015
A grammatical case indicating that something is avoided or feared; the evitative case.

adjective1

Tending to repel; causing avoidance.

forms

aversives · more aversive · most aversive

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