aversion therapy
noun
psychiatry a method of suppressing an undesirable habit, such as excessive smoking, by causing the subject to associate an unpleasant effect, such as an electric shock or nausea, with the habit
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How to use aversion therapy in a sentence
Neither side is benefiting from the politically convenient but extremely dangerous bout of self-imposed debate aversion therapy.
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