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Meanings of aversion in English

Portuguese
aversão
Spanish
aversión
Catalan
repugnància

Tendency to avoid.

        aversão

        Extreme hatred or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike.

              The act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away.

                    Usage of aversion in English
                    1
                    But risk-aversion is different for different people at different amounts of money.
                    News.com.au
                    2
                    Despite her aversion to conversational exchange, Clara certainly wrote a great deal.
                    The Guardian
                    3
                    Risk aversion, stress from uncertainty, and malpractice concerns were derived via survey.
                    Pubmed
                    4
                    The scare stirred risk aversion on global markets, with Asia particularly hit.
                    Reuters
                    5
                    I refer to an apparent aversion to display statistics in tabular form.
                    The Irish Times
                    6
                    The survey by consultants Deloitte also shows that risk aversion remains high.
                    The Guardian
                    7
                    Mine, in particular, had conceived a moral aversion to the prairie life.
                    The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life
                    8
                    However, African-American patients expressed more aversion to the hypothetical surgery than whites.
                    Pubmed
                    9
                    And in half an hour this general aversion began to particularize itself.
                    The Squire of Sandal-Side: A Pastoral Romance
                    10
                    It shrinks with aversion from the sturdy, the universal, and the democratic.
                    Complete Prose Works / Specimen Days and Collect, November Bough...
                    11
                    I'm telling you this to explain my general aversion to public speaking.
                    My Sister's Keeper
                    12
                    All the contempt and aversion are the portion of the unfortunate husband.
                    Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
                    13
                    Their aversion to this custom is well illustrated in the following incident:
                    Court Life in China: The Capital, Its Officials and People
                    14
                    Moreover, he never in later years manifested any especial aversion to it.
                    The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete
                    15
                    Charles Vernon is my aversion; and I am afraid of his wife.
                    Lady Susan
                    16
                    You have seen the child draw back and shrink in undisguised aversion.
                    Watch Yourself Go By
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