If you have an aversion to something, you have an intense dislike for it. Commonly it's food, but you could have an aversion to black and white movies, driving with the windows open, or taking calls from salespeople.
A turning away.
Noun
the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away; "averting her gaze meant that she was angry"
Noun
a feeling of intense dislike
n.
A turning away.
n.
Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike;
antipathy; disinclination; reluctance.
n.
The object of dislike or repugnance.
Aversion
Adhesion to vice and aversion from goodness.2.
Mutual aversion of races.
His rapacity had made him an object of general aversion.
A freeholder is bred with an aversion to subjection.
His aversion towards the house of York.
It is not difficult for a man to see that a person has conceived an aversion for him.
The Khasias . . . have an aversion to milk.3.
Pain their aversion, pleasure their desire.
A turning away.
Usage Examples
The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional is uncritically enjoyed, and the truly new is criticized with aversion.
I'm against big bureaucracy in Washington making health care decisions. I just have an aversion to bureaucrats. But it's not just government bureaucrats. I don't like HMO bureaucrats and insurance company bureaucrats either.
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Other Usage ExamplesJealousy - that jumble of secret worship and ostensible aversion.
Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect.
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