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aversion

[uh-vur-zhuhn, -shuhn] / əˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən /


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Aversion is the opposite of reward and plays an important role in making us avoid things that make us feel bad.

From Science Daily • Nov. 6, 2023

Aversion to the tax has been inflamed by a well-organized campaign by device makers to get rid of it.

From BusinessWeek • Oct. 15, 2013

Aversion to megaclubs and electronic dance music, or E.D.M., was echoed at places where velvet ropes are unnecessary.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2013

Perhaps, for those who haven't developed a condition known as Carpe Diem Aversion, even Robin Williams in "Dead Poets Society."

From Seattle Times • Sep. 17, 2010

His Aversion to Food, but especially to Drink, grows stronger.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)




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