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aversion

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a·ver·sion  (-vûrzhn, -shn)
n.
1. A fixed, intense dislike; repugnance: formed an aversion to crowds.
2. The cause or object of such a feeling.
3. The avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because it has been associated with an unpleasant or painful stimulus.
4. Obsolete The act of turning away or averting.

aversion
Noun
1. extreme dislike or disinclination
2. a person or thing that arouses this
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.aversionaversion - a feeling of intense dislike
dislike - a feeling of aversion or antipathy; "my dislike of him was instinctive"
2.aversion - the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away; "averting her gaze meant that she was angry"
avoidance, shunning, turning away, dodging - deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening

aversion
Translations
Spanish aversion [əˈvəːʃən] naversión f; repugnancia
French aversion [əˈvəːʃən] naversion f, répugnance f
German aversion [əˈvəːʃən] averse nAbneigung f;
to have an aversion to sb/sth averse → eine Abneigung gegen jdn/etw haben

Italian aversion [əˈvəːʃən] navversione f

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Let our relatives, on either side, form their own opinion on what I have written, and decide for themselves whether the aversion I now feel towards this man is well or ill founded.
He conceived Nature to be a woman with a deep aversion to tragedy.
These three persons look with the greatest mistrust and aversion upon each other; and each has repeatedly taken me apart and assured me, secretly, that he or she only is the real, the genuine, the typical American.
 
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