aversion
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But they shared an aversion to conventional plot, coherent character psychology and even rational argument.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
Loss aversion, sunk-cost fallacy and herd behavior — all of it kicks in during a drawdown.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
—Sterling fell on risk aversion due to Iran war tensions and fears about a leadership challenge for U.K.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
And there's another phenomenon that has been termed "complexity phobia": the aversion to recognising incontrovertible evidence and facts if they challenge a more comfortable and comforting narrative.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
All John Reed’s violent tyrannies, all his sisters’ proud indifference, all his mother’s aversion, all the servants’ partiality, turned up in my disturbed mind like a dark deposit in a turbid well.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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