Dictionary

aversion en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /əˈvɝʒən/ (Canada, General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /əˈvɜːʒən/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
• /əˈvɜːʃən/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin āversiō, āversiōnem. Doublet of aversio.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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.
   • The other patients in the ward, all but the Texan, shrank from him with a tenderhearted aversion from the moment they set eyes on him the morning after the night he had been sneaked in. 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 169:
   • Live with aversion to classic men's wear, likely die with aversion to classic men's wear.
2. (countable, uncountable) An object of dislike or repugnance.
   • Pushy salespeople are a major aversion of mine.
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The act of turning away from an object.

Forms

Deriveds

aversion therapy · ambiguity aversion · risk aversion · photoaversion · chemoaversion · change aversion · uncertainty aversion

Relateds

avert · averse · adverse

Synonyms

disinclination · reluctance · abomination · antipathy

Translations (90)

ja 嫌悪 (fixed dislike) · ko 염오 (fixed dislike) · el αποστροφή (fixed dislike) · da aversion (fixed dislike) · fi inho (fixed dislike) · mk о́дбивност (fixed dislike) · bg отвраще́ние (fixed dislike) · be абры́да (fixed dislike) · ka ანტიპათია (fixed dislike) · sa अरुचि (fixed dislike) · de Widerwillen (fixed dislike) · no aversjon (fixed dislike) · ru омерзе́ние (fixed dislike) · mi konekone (fixed dislike) · txb ykāṃṣe (fixed dislike) · ar نُفُور (fixed dislike) · fi vastenmielisyys (fixed dislike) · nl aversie (fixed dislike) · fr aversion (fixed dislike) · sh avèrzija (fixed dislike) · uk оги́да (fixed dislike) · sh òtpor (fixed dislike) · bg омра́за (fixed dislike) · bg антипа́тия (fixed dislike) · bg обръ́щане наза́д (a turning away) · mk антипа́тија (fixed dislike) · fi inhokki (the object of dislike or repugnance) · sa द्वेषस् (fixed dislike) · fi kääntyminen poispäin (a turning away) · sk averzia (fixed dislike) · ru неприя́знь (fixed dislike) · sh avèrzija (fixed dislike) · bn ঘৃণা (fixed dislike) · pl niechęć (fixed dislike) · ca aversió (fixed dislike) · la āversiō (fixed dislike) · mk аве́рзија (fixed dislike) · uk непри́язнь (fixed dislike) · de Aversion (fixed dislike) · el αποστροφή (a turning away) · ga drogall (fixed dislike) · ar كَرَاهِيَة (fixed dislike) · hu ellenszenv (fixed dislike) · cmn 厭惡 /厌恶 (fixed dislike) · bg неприя́зън (fixed dislike) · be антыпа́тыя (fixed dislike) · be непрыя́знасць (fixed dislike) · cs odpor (fixed dislike) · el απέχθεια (fixed dislike) · ru антипа́тия (fixed dislike) · es aversión (fixed dislike) · ar مَقْت (fixed dislike) · fi vastahakoisuus (fixed dislike) · mi anuanu (fixed dislike) · uk антипа́тія (fixed dislike) · de Vorbehalt (fixed dislike) · ru отвраще́ние (fixed dislike) · cs nechuť (fixed dislike) · sl odpor (fixed dislike) · sv motvilja (fixed dislike) · mi ngākaukino (fixed dislike) · ar كُرْه (fixed dislike) · hi घृणा (fixed dislike) · he סְלִידָה (fixed dislike) · gsw Abber (fixed dislike) · sv aversion (fixed dislike) · ro aversiune (fixed dislike) · nl afkeer (fixed dislike) · da modvilje (fixed dislike) · ka არაკეთილგანწყობილება (fixed dislike) · hu irtózás (fixed dislike) · pl odraza (fixed dislike) · de Abneigung (fixed dislike) · sh о̀тпор (fixed dislike) · hu averzió (fixed dislike) · cs averze (fixed dislike) · uk відра́за (fixed dislike) · pt aversão (fixed dislike) · id aversi (fixed dislike) · hu idegenkedés (fixed dislike) · pl awersja (fixed dislike) · bn নফরত (fixed dislike) · ja 厭悪 (fixed dislike) · sk odpor (fixed dislike) · ko 혐오 (fixed dislike) · mi matakawa (fixed dislike) · it avversione (fixed dislike) · ru неприя́тие (fixed dislike) · be агі́да (fixed dislike) · mk о́двратност (fixed dislike)