averseness
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Since Vietnam all media organizations had imbibed the conventional wisdom about the public’s apparent averseness to casualties.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2014
There were tones in it which bred the immediate conviction that indolence and averseness to systematic application were all that lay between ‘Mop’ and the career of a second Paganini.
From Life's Little Ironies by Thomas Hardy
In Janet’s estimation, the averseness of Graeme to bring herself in contact with strangers, had been a serious defect in her character.
From Janet's Love and Service by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
They are united with the most decided preference for certain opinions and the most earnest averseness to others.
From International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 9, August 26, 1850 by Various
But notwithstanding the averseness of the intended bridegroom, the project was not at once renounced; and Rupert's last letter to Sophie, written shortly before his death, contained definite proposals on the subject.
From Rupert Prince Palatine by Eva Scott
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