aversion
nounAU, UK /əˈvɜːʒən/ · CA, US /əˈvɝʒən/
Etymology Learned borrowing from Latin āversiō, āversiōnem. Doublet of aversio.
1
Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning.
- Due to her aversion to the outdoors she complained throughout the entire camping trip.
- Live with aversion to classic men's wear, likely die with aversion to classic men's wear.
1 more example
- The other patients in the ward, all but the Texan, shrank from him with a tenderhearted aversion from the moment they set eyes on him the morning after the night he had been sneaked in.1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 169:
2
An object of dislike or repugnance.
- Pushy salespeople are a major aversion of mine.
3
Obsolete The act of turning away from an object.