aversion

See also: Aversion and aversión

English

Etymology

From Middle French aversion, from Latin āversiō. Doublet of aversio.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈvɜːʃn/

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• (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.

   Synonym: 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

• Alemannic German: Abber m
• Arabic: نُفُور‎ m (nufūr), كُرْه‎ m (kurh), كَرَاهِيَة‎ f (karāhiya), مَقْت‎ m (maqt)
• Belarusian: агі́да f (ahída), абры́да f (abrýda), непрыя́знасць f (njepryjáznascʹ), антыпа́тыя f (antypátyja)
• Bulgarian: отвраще́ние (bg) n (otvrašténie), неприя́зън (bg) f (neprijázǎn), омра́за (bg) f (omráza), антипа́тия (bg) f (antipátija)
• Catalan: aversió (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 厭惡 (zh), 厌恶 (zh) (yànwù)

• Czech: averze (cs), odpor (cs) m, nechuť (cs) f
• Danish: aversion c, modvilje c
• Dutch: afkeer (nl) m, aversie (nl) f
• Finnish: inho (fi), vastahakoisuus (fi)
• French: aversion (fr) f
• Georgian: არაკეთილგანწყობილება (araḳetilganc̣q̇obileba), ანტიპათია (anṭiṗatia)
• German: Abneigung (de) f, Vorbehalt (de) m, Widerwillen (de) m , Aversion (de) f
• Greek: απέχθεια (el) f (apéchtheia), αποστροφή (el) f (apostrofí)
• Hebrew: סְלִידָה‎ (he) f (slidá)
• Hindi: घृणा (hi) f (ghŕṇā)
• Hungarian: ellenszenv (hu), idegenkedés (hu), irtózás
• 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)
• Korean: 혐오 (ko) (hyeomo), 염오 (yeomo)
• Latin: āversiō f
• Macedonian: аверзија f (averzija), антипатија f (antipatija)
• Maori: matakawa, ngākaukino, anuanu, konekone
• Polish: awersja (pl) f, niechęć (pl) f, odraza (pl) f
• Portuguese: aversão (pt) f
• Romanian: aversiune (ro) f
• Russian: отвраще́ние (ru) n (otvraščénije), неприя́тие (ru) n (neprijátije), неприя́знь (ru) f (neprijáznʹ), антипа́тия (ru) f (antipátija), омерзе́ние (ru) n (omerzénije)
• Sanskrit: अरुचि (sa) n (aruci), द्वेषस् (sa) n (dveṣas)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: avèrzija (sh) f, о̀тпор m

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

• Slovak: odpor m, averzia f
• Slovene: odpor (sl) m
• Spanish: aversión (es) f
• Swedish: aversion (sv), motvilja (sv)
• Tocharian B: ykāṃṣe
• Ukrainian: оги́да (uk) f (ohýda), непри́язнь f (neprýjaznʹ), відра́за f (vidráza), антипа́тія (uk) f (antypátija)

the object of dislike or repugnance

• Finnish: inhokki (fi)

a turning away

• Bulgarian: обръ́щане наза́д n (obrǎ́štane nazád)
• Finnish: kääntyminen poispäin

• Greek: αποστροφή (el) f (apostrofí)

See also

• adverse

Anagrams

• vairones, veraison

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Finnish

Noun

aversion

1. Genitive singular form of aversio.

Anagrams

• versiona

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French

Etymology

From Latin āversiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

aversion f (plural aversions)

1. aversion

Further reading

• “aversion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.