aversion
/əˈvɝʒən/ noun C1- Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning. · Due to her aversion to the outdoors she complained throughout the entire camping trip.· Live with aversion to classic men's wear, likely die with aversion to classic men's wear.
- An object of dislike or repugnance. · Pushy salespeople are a major aversion of mine.
Plural aversions
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He was about to spring upon the Ass, when the Cock (to the sound of whose voice the Lion, it is said, has a singular aversion) crowed loudly, and the Lion fled away as fast as he could.
“How comes it that all do not retreat in aversion at sight of that flat, receding, serpent-like forehead, round, vulture-shaped head, and sharp-hooked nose, like the beak of a buzzard?
In that case your mother would hold me in aversion, and I do not at all wish that; on the contrary, I desire to stand high in her esteem.”
This inherent aversion to culpability gives rise to the phenomenon of the non-apology, a linguistic masterpiece of deflection and evasion.
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