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a·ver·sion

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–noun

1.	a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy (usually fol. by to): a strong aversion to snakes and spiders.

2.	a cause or object of dislike; person or thing that causes antipathy: His pet aversion is guests who are always late.

3.	Obsolete. the act of averting; a turning away or preventing.

[Origin: 1590–1600; < L āversiōn- (s. of āversiō), equiv. to āvers(us) turned away (see averse) + -iōn- -ion

]

—Synonyms 1. distaste, abhorrence, disgust. Aversion, antipathy, loathing connote strong dislike or detestation. Aversion is an unreasoning desire to avoid that which displeases, annoys, or offends: an aversion to (or toward) cats. Antipathy is a distaste, dislike, or disgust toward something: an antipathy toward (or for) braggarts. Loathing connotes a combination of hatred and disgust, or detestation: a loathing for (or toward) hypocrisy, a criminal.

—Antonyms 1. predilection.

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a·ver·sion Audio Help (ə-vûr'zhən, -shən) Pronunciation Key
n.

A fixed, intense dislike; repugnance: formed an aversion to crowds.
The cause or object of such a feeling.
The avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because it has been associated with an unpleasant or painful stimulus.
Obsolete The act of turning away or averting.

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aversion
noun
1.	a feeling of intense dislike [syn: antipathy]
2.	the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away; "averting her gaze meant that she was angry"

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aˈversion [-ʃən, (American) - ʒən] noun

a feeling of dislike

Arabic:	كَراهِيَّه، بُغْض شَديد
Chinese (Simplified):	厌恶
Chinese (Traditional):	厭惡
Czech:	odpor
Danish:	modvilje; aversion
Dutch:	afkeer
Estonian:	vastumeelsus
Finnish:	penseys
French:	aversion
German:	die Abneigung
Greek:	δυσαρέσκεια, αντιπάθεια
Hungarian:	idegenkedés
Icelandic:	óbeit
Indonesian:	rasa benci, keengganan
Italian:	avversione

Japanese:	嫌悪
Korean:	싫음, 혐오
Latvian:	nepatika
Lithuanian:	pasišlykštėjimas
Norwegian:	motvilje, aversjon
Polish:	niechęć
Portuguese (Brazil):	aversão
Portuguese (Portugal):	aversão
Romanian:	aversiune
Russian:	отвращение
Slovak:	odpor
Slovenian:	odpor
Spanish:	aversión
Swedish:	motvilja, avoghet
Turkish:	nefret, tiksinti

See also: averse

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a·ver·sion (-vûrzhn, -shn)
n.

A fixed, intense dislike; repugnance, as of crowds.
A feeling of extreme repugnance accompanied by avoidance or rejection.

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: aver·sion
Pronunciation: &-'v&r-zh&n, -sh&n
Function: noun
1 : a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it
2 : a tendency to extinguish a behavior or to avoid a thing or situation and especially a usually pleasurable one because it is or has been associated with a noxious stimulus <conditioning of food aversions by drug injection>

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