AVERSION THERAPY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aversion therapy mean? 

• AVERSION THERAPY (noun)
  The noun AVERSION THERAPY has 1 sense:

1. any technique of behavior modification that uses unpleasant stimuli in a controlled fashion to alter behavior in a therapeutic way; primarily used for alcoholism or drug abuse (but with little success)

  Familiarity information: AVERSION THERAPY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AVERSION THERAPY (noun)

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Meaning:

Any technique of behavior modification that uses unpleasant stimuli in a controlled fashion to alter behavior in a therapeutic way; primarily used for alcoholism or drug abuse (but with little success)

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("aversion therapy" is a kind of...):

behavior modification; behavior therapy (psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior)