aversion

English

Etymology

From Latin aversio, possibly via French aversion

Pronunciation

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

Noun

aversion (plural aversions)

1. Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike.

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

2. An object of dislike or repugnance.

   Pushy salespeople are a major aversion of mine.

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

Synonyms

• (fixed dislike): antipathy, disinclination, reluctance
• (object of repugnance): abomination

Related terms

• averse

Translations

fixed dislike

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

  Mandarin: 厭惡 (zh), 厌恶 (zh) (yànwù)

• Czech: averze, odpor (cs) m
• Dutch: afkeer (nl)
• Finnish: vastenmielisyys, vastahakoisuus
• French: aversion (fr) f
• Georgian: ზიზღი (zizḡi)
• German: Abneigung (de) f
• Greek: απέχθεια (el) f (apéchtheia)

• Hebrew: סלידה (he) f (slidá)
• Hungarian: ellenszenv (hu)
• Indonesian: aversi (id)
• Italian: avversione (it)
• Japanese: 嫌悪 (けんお, ken'o)
• Portuguese: aversão (pt) f
• Romanian: aversiune (ro) f
• Russian: отвращение (ru) n (otvraščénije), неприятие (ru) n (neprijátije), неприязнь (ru) f (neprijáznʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: averzija, otpor
• Spanish: aversión (es) f
• Swedish: aversion (sv), motvilja (sv)

the object of dislike or repugnance

a turning away

See also

• adverse

Anagrams

• veraison