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aversion
[ uh-vur-zhuhn, -shuhn ]
noun
- a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy (usually followed by to ):
a strong aversion to snakes and spiders.
Synonyms: disgust, abhorrence, distaste
Antonyms: predilection
- a cause or object of dislike; person or thing that causes antipathy:
His pet aversion is guests who are always late.
- Obsolete. the act of averting; a turning away or preventing.
aversion
/ əˈvɜːʃən /
noun
- usually foll byto or for extreme dislike or disinclination; repugnance
- a person or thing that arouses this
he is my pet aversion
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Reflecting his aversion to alliances and military commitments, Trump’s first foreign policy initiative will likely be an attempt to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine.
"While our overall results on age were mixed, it's clear that younger people are not particularly fond of abbreviations, though the strength of this aversion may vary by age," Fang said.
Trump’s other consistent positions were hostility towards China’s influence on the continent and aversion to deploying American soldiers.
What I’m referring to is something most news organizations, pundits and every unreformed poll addict hasn't accepted, which is the profound extent to which the public's aversion to facts and information has reorganized our reality.
Risk aversion has become an end in itself.
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