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Noun: aversion therapy
  1. A behaviour modification technique that pairs unpleasant stimuli with unwanted behaviors to reduce their occurrence, primarily used for treating addictions
    "The clinic offered aversion therapy as a last resort for severe addiction cases"

Derived forms: aversion therapies

Type of: behavior modification [US], behavior therapy [US], behaviour therapy [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Aversion therapy