Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun aversion_therapy

1 sense of aversion therapy

Sense 1
aversion therapy -- (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))
       => behavior therapy, behavior modification -- (psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior)