Lexic.us

Definition of Aversion

1. Noun. A feeling of intense dislike.

2. Noun. The act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away. "Averting her gaze meant that she was angry"

Definition of Aversion

1. n. A turning away.

Definition of Aversion

1. Noun. Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike. ¹

2. Noun. An object of dislike or repugnance. ¹

3. Noun. (obsolete) The act of turning away from an object. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Aversion

1. a feeling of repugnance [n -S] : AVERSIVE [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aversion

averruncations averruncator averruncators avers aversation aversations averse averse(p) aversed aversely

averseness aversenesses averses aversing aversio aversion (current term) aversion therapy aversions aversive aversive behaviour

aversive conditioning aversive stimulus aversive therapy aversive training aversively aversiveness aversivenesses aversives avert

Literary usage of Aversion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Human Marriage by Edward Westermarck (1901)
"What I maintain is, that there is an innate aversion to sexual intercourse ... The existence of an innate aversion of this kind has been taken by various ..."

2. Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly by John Brand (1849)
"Beget a superstitious opinion of it. Good fellowship shall uphold it, and the neighbouring townes shall all sweare for it." aversion TO CHEESE. ..."

3. The Works of Joseph Bellamy by Joseph Bellamy, Tryon Edwards (1850)
"and set themselves down for beasts and fools. And, finally, this want of a good temper, this voluntary and stubborn aversion to God, and love to themselves, ..."

4. Unitarian Principles Confirmed by Trinitarian Testimonies: Being Selections by Octavius Brooks Frothingham, John Wilson (1880)
"IMPATIENCE OP DOUBT, AND aversion TO TROUBLE. Another error is an impatience of doubt, and haste to assertion without due and mature suspension of judgment ..."

5. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1899)
"In the course of the present History, the aversion of the Greeks for the Latins has been often visible and conspicuous. [t was originally derived from the ..."

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