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Definition of Aversion
Aversion

A turning away.

Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike; antipathy; disinclination; reluctance.

The object of dislike or repugnance.

Related Definitions:
Antipathy, Away, Disinclination, Dislike, Fixed, Mind, Object, Of, Opposition, Or, Reluctance, Repugnance, The, Turning


Aversion Quotations

Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Jealousy - that jumble of secret worship and ostensible aversion.
Emile M. Cioran

I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.
Robert Louis Stevenson

The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional is uncritically enjoyed, and the truly new is criticized with aversion.
Walter Benjamin

My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion for the man I loved.
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Aversion Translations

aversion in Danish is modvilje
aversion in Dutch is tegenzin, antipathie, afkeer, hekel
aversion in German is Greuel {m}, Abneigung {f}, Abneigung {f}
aversion in Latin is fastidium
aversion in Swedish is ovilja, aversion

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