aversion

See also: Aversion and aversión

English

Etymology

From Middle French aversion, from Latin āversiō.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈvɜːʃn/
(General American) IPA^(key): /əˈvɝʒn/
Hyphenation: aver‧sion

Noun

aversion (countable and uncountable, plural aversions)

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

Due to her aversion to the outdoors she complained throughout the entire camping trip.
An object of dislike or repugnance.
Synonym: abomination

Pushy salespeople are a major aversion of mine.
(obsolete) The act of turning away from an object.

Related terms

averse
avert

Translations

fixed dislike

Alemannic german: Abber m
Bulgarian: антипатия (bg) (antipatija), отвращение (bg) (otvraštenie)
Catalan: aversió (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 厭惡 (zh), 厌恶 (zh) (yànwù)
Czech: averze (cs), odpor (cs) m
Danish: aversion c, modvilje c
Dutch: afkeer (nl)
Finnish: inho (fi), vastahakoisuus (fi)
French: aversion (fr) f
Georgian: არაკეთილგანწყობილება (araḳetilganc̣q̇obileba), ანტიპათია (anṭiṗatia)
German: Abneigung (de) f, Vorbehalt m, Widerwillen m
Greek: απέχθεια (el) f (apéchtheia), αποστροφή (el) f (apostrofí)
Hebrew: סלידה‎ (he) f (slidá)
Hungarian: ellenszenv (hu), idegenkedés (hu), irtózás
Indonesian: aversi (id)

Interlingue: aversion
Irish: drogall m
Italian: avversione (it)
Japanese: 嫌悪 (ja) (けんお, ken'o), 厭悪 (ja) (えんお, en'o)
Maori: matakawa, ngākaukino, anuanu, konekone
Polish: awersja (pl) f, niechęć (pl) f
Portuguese: aversão (pt) f
Romanian: aversiune (ro) f
Russian: отвраще́ние (ru) n (otvraščénije), неприя́тие (ru) n (neprijátije), неприя́знь (ru) f (neprijáznʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: avèrzija (sh) f, о̀тпор m

Roman: avèrzija (sh) f, òtpor (sh) m
Spanish: aversión (es) f
Swedish: aversion (sv), motvilja (sv)

the object of dislike or repugnance

Finnish: inhokki (fi)

a turning away

Finnish: kääntyminen poispäin

Greek: αποστροφή (el) f (apostrofí)

See also

adverse

Anagrams

vairones, veraison

Finnish

Noun

aversion

Genitive singular form of aversio.

Anagrams

versiona

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file)

Noun

aversion f (plural aversions)

aversion

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