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Antonyms for aversion

Grammar : Noun
Spell : uh-vur-zhuhn, -shuhn
Phonetic Transcription : əˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən


Definition of aversion

Origin :
  • "a turning away from," 1590s; figurative sense of "mental attitude of repugnance" is from 1650s, from Middle French aversion and directly from Latin aversionem (nominative aversio), noun of action from past participle stem of aversus "turned away, backwards, behind, hostile," itself past participle of avertere (see avert). Earlier in the literal sense of "a turning away from" (1590s). Aversion therapy in psychology is from 1950.
  • noun dislike; opposition
Example sentences :
  • As to this odious Solmes, I wonder not at your aversion to him.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • "I've an aversion to your eloquent old heathen," she pleaded.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • How can one like and have an aversion to a person at the same time?
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • But what can be said in the case of an aversion so perfectly sincere?
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • If you had held your aversion, it would have been complied with.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • What distresses him is to see that you have an aversion for him.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Complete » by Madame La Marquise De Montespan
  • He was put into the squad of Jean Macquart, against whom he had at first an aversion.
  • Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson
  • Their friendship and their aversion have often had grand results.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
  • With all her aversion to Mr. Wilding it was plain she did not wish him hanged.
  • Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
  • She flashed him a glance of fear and aversion, and stood still.
  • Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini

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