Definition of aversive
: tending to avoid or causing avoidance of a noxious or punishing stimulus behavior modification by aversive stimulation
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The first one is associated with a state of mind that is aversive.
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see averse
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Medical Definition of aversive
: tending to avoid or causing avoidance of a noxious or punishing stimulus behavior modification by aversive conditioning
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Medical Definition of aversive
: a noxious or punishing stimulus used to suppress an undesirable behavior or habit Aversives enter the picture because, although many “positive” (nonpunitive) methods for stopping self-injurious behaviors have been developed, they don't work in all cases.—Constance Holden, Science, 31 Aug. 1990
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