AVERSIVE

aversive

(adjective) tending to repel or dissuade; “aversive conditioning”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

aversive (comparative more aversive, superlative most aversive)

tending to repel, causing avoidance (of a situation, a behaviour, an item, etc.)

Noun

aversive (countable and uncountable, plural aversives)

(grammar, uncountable) a grammatical case indicating that something is avoided or feared; the evitative case

(psychology, countable) an unpleasant stimulus intended to induce a change in behaviour

Source: Wiktionary



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26 November 2024

TRANSPOSITION

(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards


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Coffee Trivia

Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.

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