aversive

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"The ones who were [still] with a partner, or had just been separated from a sibling so they never formed a romantic bond in the first place, actively avoided the aversive or stressful situation," Young noted.

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  1. adjective Causing avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior by using an unpleasant or punishing stimulus, as in techniques of behavior modification.

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  • Product manufacturers as well as some humane groups are proposing to protect pets and people from antifreeze poisoning by adding a bitter, taste-aversive agent such as denatonium benzoate (Bitrex®) to ethylene glycol-containing automobile antifreeze, and federal legislation has been proposed to this effect. —  RoguePundit
  • While the ASPCA supports the concept of protecting companion animals from known poisons through taste aversion, there is as yet no published data demonstrating the efficacy of Bitrex, or any other taste-aversive substance, in the dog. —  RoguePundit
  • The ASPCA is concerned that antifreeze containing a taste-aversive substance that was specifically added to protect dogs would be marketed as "safer," thus causing pet owners to relax their vigilance with regard to handling and storing this potentially lethal product. —  RoguePundit
  • While GAD patients showed no difference compared to healthy subjects in brain activation in response to the aversive or neutral pictures themselves, they displayed unusually high levels of amygdala activity in response to both anticipatory cues. —  Health News from Medical News Today
  • So along with Bush and his cronies, I would like all you sex-aversive morons to kindly leave as well. —  Dangerous Intersection
 

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