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aversion

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


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No doubt this aversion is in part due to her responsibilities as the mother of young children.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Diners, meanwhile, are already expressing an aversion to the whole thing.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

Winterich says sometimes we hold on to things we’re not currently using because of waste aversion.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Most of the people who had electric shock aversion therapy were men.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

In order to serve his rural clients, most of whom spoke Spanish, Bloom had painstakingly learned to speak that language well—but Linda had what almost amounted to an aversion toward her mother tongue.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

To pay my respect, I ate not only for myself but my whole family, whose allergies and aversions led them to abstain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Sensory aversions to specific smells, tastes, textures, temperatures, or appearances of foods.

From Slate ● Jan. 4, 2025

Pregnancy is often a time for food aversions and exhaustion, but for Keatley the opposite has been true.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2023

"I really regret the rice isn't consumed due to safety rumours, but I also understand it's hard to completely refute aversions."

From Reuters ● Mar. 9, 2023

They say around here that bellies stir up certain cravings or aversions.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez


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