aversion
noun/əˈvɜːʃn/
/əˈvɜːrʒn/
[countable, uncountable]- a strong feeling of not liking somebody/something
- a strong aversion
- aversion to somebody/something He had an aversion to getting up early.
Extra ExamplesTopics Preferences and decisionsc2- People can be helped to overcome their aversion to snakes.
- He felt an overwhelming sense of aversion towards the young man standing before him.
- She has a deep-rooted aversion to dogs, almost amounting to a phobia.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- strong
- natural
- pathological
- …
- have
- develop
- overcome
- …
- therapy
- aversion to
Word Originlate 16th cent. (originally denoting the action of turning away or averting one's eyes): from Latin aversio(n-), from avertere, from ab- ‘from’ + vertere ‘to turn’.Want to learn more?
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