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antireward

antireward adjective: relating to processes in the brain that cause aversive states, leading a drug abuser to take more drugs to escape these states rather than to gain pleasure.

Adjective

antireward (not comparable)

  1. Relating to processes in the brain that cause aversive states, leading a drug abuser to take more drugs to escape these states rather than to gain pleasure.

Origin of antireward

From anti- + reward.

Questions about antireward

What does antireward mean?
Antireward means relating to processes in the brain that cause aversive states, leading a drug abuser to take more drugs to escape these states rather than to gain pleasure.
What part of speech is antireward?
Antireward is an adjective.

Words near antireward in the dictionary

  1. antirevolutionaries
  2. antirevolutionary
  3. antirevolutionism
  4. antirevolutionist
  5. antirevolutionists
  6. antireward
  7. antirhetorical
  8. antirheumatic
  9. antirheumatics
  10. antirheumatoid
  11. antirhine

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