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aversion therapies

aversion therapies is the plural of aversion therapy.

Meaning of aversion therapy

Noun

aversion therapy (countable and uncountable, plural aversion therapies)

  1. 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...1973 December 22, Satya, “It Is Not We Who Must Change”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 27, page 3

Questions about aversion therapies

What is aversion therapies the plural of?
Aversion therapies is the plural of aversion therapy.

Words near aversion therapies in the dictionary

  1. aversenesses
  2. averses
  3. aversing
  4. aversio
  5. aversion
  6. aversion therapies
  7. aversion therapy
  8. aversions
  9. aversities
  10. aversity
  11. aversive

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