PAVLOVIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pavlovian mean? 

• PAVLOVIAN (adjective)
  The adjective PAVLOVIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to Ivan Pavlov or his experiments

  Familiarity information: PAVLOVIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAVLOVIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Ivan Pavlov or his experiments

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Pavlovian conditioning

Pertainym:

Pavlov (Russian physiologist who observed conditioned salivary responses in dogs (1849-1936))

Derivation:

Pavlov (Russian physiologist who observed conditioned salivary responses in dogs (1849-1936))