| aversion therapy |
any technique of behavior modification that uses unpleasant stimuli in a controlled fashion to alter behavior in a therapeutic way; primarily used for alcoholism or drug abuse (but with little success)
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| aversive conditioning |
conditioning to avoid an aversive stimulus
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| aversive stimulus |
any negative stimulus to which an organism will learn to make a response that avoids it
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| avoirdupois |
a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains) fatness: excess bodily weight; "she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others"
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| avian |
pertaining to or characteristic of birds
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