aversive

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪv

Adjective

aversive (comparative more aversive, superlative most aversive)

1. Tending to repel; causing avoidance.
   • 2015, Ilona Rodan, Sarah Heath, editors, Feline Behavioral Health and Welfare, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 47:

     If it is aversive to the animal and discourages behavior, it is a punishment. If it seems aversive to you but is not aversive to the animal, then it is not an effective punishment. In fact, technically, it's not even a punishment.

Derived terms

• aversively
• aversiveness
• nonaversive
• photoaversive
• proaversive
• unaversive

 

Translations

causing avoidance

• Catalan: aversiu
• French: aversif (fr)
• Italian: aversivo
• Maori: whakakonekone

Noun

aversive (plural aversives)

1. (grammar) A grammatical case indicating that something is avoided or feared; the evitative case.
2. (psychology) An unpleasant stimulus intended to induce a change in behaviour.
   • 2015, Ilona Rodan, Sarah Heath, editors, Feline Behavioral Health and Welfare, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 53:

     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.

See also

• punishment
• operant conditioning

References

• Skinner, B. F. (1969) Contingencies of Reinforcement. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.vɛʁ.siv/
• Homophone: aversives

Adjective

aversive

1. feminine singular of aversif

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

aversive

1. inflection of aversiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

aversive f

1. feminine plural of aversivo

Anagrams

• eversiva