aversion
Example Sentences
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“He has such an aversion to being liked,” David Thomson wrote, in a 1983 issue of Film Comment, about Shepard’s screen presence.
Europe’s other military power, there is widespread aversion to conscription, which ended in 1960.
Berkshire reported third-quarter earnings a week ago, showing a growing pile of cash and a continued aversion to stock buybacks.
From MarketWatch
A scathing take-down of Mamdani's policies and background in The Spectator magazine may be closer to the views of the average Tory MP, who have a tribal aversion to socialism in all its forms.
From BBC
More specifically, what behavior experts call “regret aversion” — our tendency to avoid choices that might someday leave us second-guessing ourselves.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
