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a·ver·sion    Audio Help   [uh-vur-zhuhn, -shuhn] Pronunciation Key
–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]

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.
1. predilection.
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a·ver·sion    Audio Help   (ə-vûr'zhən, -shən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A fixed, intense dislike; repugnance: formed an aversion to crowds.
  2. The cause or object of such a feeling.
  3. The avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because it has been associated with an unpleasant or painful stimulus.
  4. 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.

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

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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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