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==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{rhymes|en|ɜː(ɹ)sɪv}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj}}

# Tending to [[repel]]; causing [[avoidance]].
#* {{quote-book|en|editors=Ilona Rodan; Sarah Heath|title=Feline Behavioral Health and Welfare|year=2015|publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=L_lwCgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA47&dq=&hl=es&pg=PA47#v=onepage&q&f=false|isbn=978-1-4557-7401-2|page=47|passage=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====
{{col-auto|en|aversively|aversiveness|nonaversive|photoaversive|proaversive|unaversive}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|causing avoidance}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|aversiu}}
* French: {{t+|fr|aversif}}
* Italian: {{t|it|aversivo}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whakakonekone}}
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===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|grammar}} A [[grammatical case]] indicating that something is avoided or feared; the [[evitative]] case.
# {{lb|en|psychology}} An [[unpleasant]] [[stimulus]] intended to [[induce]] a change in [[behaviour]].
#* {{quote-book|en|editors=Ilona Rodan; Sarah Heath|title=Feline Behavioral Health and Welfare|year=2015|publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=L_lwCgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA50&dq=%22aversive%22%20cat&hl=es&pg=PA53#v=onepage&q&f=false|isbn=978-1-4557-7401-2|page=53|passage=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====
* {{l|en|punishment}}
* {{l|en|operant conditioning}}

===References===
* Skinner, B. F. (1969) ''Contingencies of Reinforcement''. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts

==French==

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{homophones|fr|aversives}}

===Adjective===
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# {{feminine singular of|fr|aversif}}

==German==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|de|De-aversive.ogg}}

===Adjective===
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# {{de-adj form of|aversiv}}

==Italian==

===Adjective===
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# {{adj form of|it|aversivo||f|p}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|it|a=aeeirsvv|eversiva}}