Meanings
plural aversion therapies
- countableuncountablehuman sciencesA behavior therapy procedure designed to decrease an undesirable behavior by associating it with an aversive stimulus, thereby creating a negative conditioned response.
1 more example
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
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 厭惡療法 /厌恶疗法
- 厭惡療法 /厌恶疗法 (yànwù liáofǎ)treatment in which the patient is exposed to a stimulus while being subjected to discomfort
Finnish aversioterapia, poisehdollistaminen
- aversioterapiatreatment in which the patient is exposed to a stimulus while being subjected to discomfort
- poisehdollistaminentreatment in which the patient is exposed to a stimulus while being subjected to discomfort
French thérapie aversive
- thérapie aversivetreatment in which the patient is exposed to a stimulus while being subjected to discomfort
Russian аверси́вная терапи́я
- аверси́вная терапи́я (aversívnaja terapíja)treatment in which the patient is exposed to a stimulus while being subjected to discomfort
Spanish terapia de aversión
- terapia de aversióntreatment in which the patient is exposed to a stimulus while being subjected to discomfort
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aversion therapy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aversion%20therapy
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