Meaning of Pavlovianly | Babel Free

Definitions

In a Pavlovian manner; involving Pavlovian conditioning.

informal

Examples

“To be sure, the audience, Pavlovianly primed by some of our premier playwrights and critics, laughs and laughs, and applauds and applauds. One wonders how many theatergoers, queried about just what they saw and cheered, could come up with a cogent reply. Would they even know that the stuff is the exact antithesis of life-affirming?”

“I started watching this debate hoping that Nick Clegg would wipe the floor with the other guys. This is not solely because Pavlovianly, I salivate at any mention of the words "Liberal Democrat"; in the past (from a safe distance to be sure) I've always preferred Labour, even when poor old threadbare Michael Foot was in charge.”

“Against medical advice, I pour a can of Diet Coke into the Stanley. It gives me a similar uncanny feeling to drinking water out of the straw. I think I've been Pavlovianly trained to enjoy drinking Diet Coke out of the can at my desk, and my brain is having trouble processing it coming out of another vessel.”

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