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aversion therapy en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A behavior therapy procedure designed to decrease an undesirable behavior by associating it with an aversive stimulus, thereby creating a negative conditioned response.
   • Dr. O.I. Lovass, Director of the UCLA Psychology clinic, has offered free treatment involving shock and other forms of aversion therapy for male children ages 3 to 7 who show gay tendencies (such as playing with dolls, aversion to boy's games and violence, being too friendly with girls, or using "feminine" behavior.) 1973 December 22, Satya, “It Is Not We Who Must Change”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 27, page 3:

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fi aversioterapia (treatment in which the patient is exposed to a stimulus while being subjected to discomfort) · cmn 厭惡療法 /厌恶疗法 (treatment in which the patient is exposed to a stimulus while being subjected to discomfort) · fr thérapie aversive (treatment in which the patient is exposed to a stimulus while being subjected to discomfort) · fi poisehdollistaminen (treatment in which the patient is exposed to a stimulus while being subjected to discomfort) · es terapia de aversión (treatment in which the patient is exposed to a stimulus while being subjected to discomfort) · ru аверси́вная терапи́я (treatment in which the patient is exposed to a stimulus while being subjected to discomfort)