aversion

See also: Aversion and aversión

English

Etymology

From Middle French aversion, from Latin āversiō.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈvɜːʃn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈvɝʒn/
• Hyphenation: aver‧sion

Noun

aversion (countable and uncountable, plural aversions)

1. Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike.

   Synonyms: antipathy, disinclination, reluctance

   Due to her aversion to the outdoors she complained throughout the entire camping trip.

2. An object of dislike or repugnance.

   Synonyms: abomination

   Pushy salespeople are a major aversion of mine.

3. (obsolete) The act of turning away from an object.

Related terms

• averse
• avert

Translations

fixed dislike

• Bulgarian: антипатия (bg) (antipatija), отвращение (bg) (otvraštenie)
• Catalan: aversió (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 厭惡 (zh), 厌恶 (zh) (yànwù)

• Czech: averze (cs), odpor (cs) m
• Dutch: afkeer (nl)
• Finnish: vastenmielisyys (fi), vastahakoisuus (fi)
• French: aversion (fr) f
• Georgian: არაკეთილგანწყობილება (araḳetilganc̣q̇obileba), ანტიპათია (anṭiṗatia)
• German: Abneigung (de) f
• Greek: απέχθεια (el) f (apéchtheia), αποστροφή (el) f (apostrofí)
• Hebrew: סלידה‎‎ (he) f (slidá)
• Hungarian: ellenszenv (hu)

• Indonesian: aversi (id)
• Irish: drogall m
• Italian: avversione (it)
• Japanese: 嫌悪 (ja) (けんお, ken'o), 厭悪 (ja) (えんお, en'o)
• Maori: matakawa, ngākaukino, anuanu, konekone
• Portuguese: aversão (pt) f
• Romanian: aversiune (ro) f
• Russian: отвраще́ние (ru) n (otvraščénije), неприя́тие (ru) n (neprijátije), неприя́знь (ru) f (neprijáznʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: avèrzija (sh) f, о̀тпор m

  Roman: avèrzija (sh) f, òtpor (sh) m

• Spanish: aversión (es) f
• Swedish: aversion (sv), motvilja (sv)

the object of dislike or repugnance

a turning away

• Greek: αποστροφή (el) f (apostrofí)

See also

• adverse

Anagrams

• vairones, veraison

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

aversion f (plural aversions)

1. aversion