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aversion
[ uh-vur-zhuhn, -shuhn ]
noun
- a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy (usually followed by to ):
a strong aversion to snakes and spiders.
Synonyms: disgust, abhorrence, distaste
Antonyms: predilection
- a cause or object of dislike; person or thing that causes antipathy:
His pet aversion is guests who are always late.
- Obsolete. the act of averting; a turning away or preventing.
aversion
/ əˈvɜːʃən /
noun
- usually foll byto or for extreme dislike or disinclination; repugnance
- a person or thing that arouses this
he is my pet aversion
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Example Sentences
You began the first of two affairs that we know about, your aversion to a day's hard work continued as you messed up yet another job at Reynolds.
The challenge for Democrats, he believes, is to focus on new ways to attract attention — and to overcome their “risk aversion to trying new things.”
Humans aren’t the only animals to view uncertainty this way and an aversion to uncertainty is a natural response.
Now that I mention it, my specific aversion to elevator lighting stems directly from this.
"I think the problem is, is that the courage has gone out of broadcasting really, and there's just too much risk aversion," Sir Phil told the show's guest editor Sir Sajid Javid on Friday.
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