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名詞

aversion therapy (countable and uncountable, plural aversion therapies)

1. A form of psychological treatment in which the patient is exposed to a stimulus while simultaneously being subjected to some form of discomfort.
   • 1973 December 22, Satya, “It Is Not We Who Must Change”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 27, page 3:

     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 "feminine" behavior.)