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.
The way I understood their fear was something called "loss aversion."
From Salon
As governor, Brown did not hide his aversion to the naming practice.
From Los Angeles Times
Glucose aversion solved one problem and created another, but male roaches were not going around trying to make sweeter nuptial gifts.
From New York Times
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