Aversion is an English word with synonyms like antipathy or distaste. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Aversion meaning
- Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning.
- An object of dislike or repugnance.
- The act of turning away from an object.
Using Aversion
- The main meaning on this page is: Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning. | An object of dislike or repugnance. | The act of turning away from an object.
- Useful related words include: antipathy, distaste, dislike, averting.
- In the example corpus, aversion often appears in combinations such as: aversion to, an aversion, risk aversion.
Context around Aversion
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 10 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Aversion
- In this selection, "aversion" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, risk, apply, absolute, conditioning, towards and contrasts stand out and add context to how "aversion" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an absolute aversion to anyone and an aversion to blokes. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "aversion" sits close to words such as aback, alexei and alligator, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with aversion
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This revelation sparked curiosity about Streisand's strong aversion to the former president. (13 words)
I might have developed an aversion to the sound of birds during this experiment. (14 words)
A deep-seated xenophobic streak fueled their aversion to trade and interaction with other species. (15 words)
Nonetheless, by 1860, she developed an aversion to food, suffered a nervous breakdown and, in response to her demand that she be permitted to leave the capital, he sent her to a region in Madeira for five months, after which she seemed somewhat improved. (44 words)
He said Ward has an "absolute aversion" to anyone coming into physical contact with her and when that happens "she reacts extremely badly to that" and "there is a loss of control" but that she "doesn't go out looking for trouble". (42 words)
Japan's embrace of evacuees like Bibko has been unusual for a country notorious for its aversion towards foreign entanglements and immigrants, but the war in Ukraine has sparked a rare outpouring of public support. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
The short answer is that we have an aversion to sitting still for the same reason we have an aversion to other boring tasks: it’s understimulating.
A deep-seated xenophobic streak fueled their aversion to trade and interaction with other species.
An aversion to Ukraine, national politics, climate catastrophe are high in Reuters’s marketing report, referred to by Robinson at the beginning.
Animal services staff will continue visiting the area on a daily basis to apply "aversion conditioning" to help move coyotes, which are currently in mating season, from the area.
But Urias is represented by Scott Boras, who has no aversion to taking his clients into the free agent market in order to maximize their earnings.
He said Ward has an "absolute aversion" to anyone coming into physical contact with her and when that happens "she reacts extremely badly to that" and "there is a loss of control" but that she "doesn't go out looking for trouble".
I might have developed an aversion to the sound of birds during this experiment.
In other words, “the luxury of being unconstrained appears to allow more psychological motivations such as loss aversion to come to the fore,” the paper stated.
Japan's embrace of evacuees like Bibko has been unusual for a country notorious for its aversion towards foreign entanglements and immigrants, but the war in Ukraine has sparked a rare outpouring of public support.
Many Americans who advocate it have little interest in religion and an aversion to American culture as it currently exists.
Nonetheless, by 1860, she developed an aversion to food, suffered a nervous breakdown and, in response to her demand that she be permitted to leave the capital, he sent her to a region in Madeira for five months, after which she seemed somewhat improved.
Overall, they trade at a fair value range in comparison to a select peer group and an argument could be made for a Hold-Buy rating depending on the risk aversion of an investor.
People’s aversion to certain airports often stems from prolonged wait times at security checkpoints and a higher frequency of flight delays.
Sheldon's emotional vow adds to the event's emotionality, considering that he is notoriously known to have an aversion to expressing his feelings.
That means if your anxious dog has severe noise aversion, a dose of diazepam right before the start of a thunderstorm would be a good idea.
That risk aversion contrasts with the approach favored by Ukrainian strategists, who have proven willing to of Russian escalation in order to liberate occupied Ukrainian cities.
This revelation sparked curiosity about Streisand's strong aversion to the former president.
Veterinarians said that while the kitten appeared lethargic initially, she has since begun acting like a normal kitten, showing no aversion toward humans.
An aversion to blokes in fishnet stockings may be stuffy and judgmental but it should not land you before the beak.
An aversion to hiring terrorists should be a minimum requirement for groups receiving U.S. aid.
Common combinations with aversion
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- aversion to 104×
- an aversion 32×
- risk aversion 22×
- strong aversion 8×
- his aversion 8×
- aversion and 5×
- this aversion 4×
- aversion in 4×
- their aversion 3×
- no aversion 3×