aversion
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Aversion is the opposite of reward and plays an important role in making us avoid things that make us feel bad.
From Science Daily • Nov. 6, 2023
Aversion to the tax has been inflamed by a well-organized campaign by device makers to get rid of it.
From BusinessWeek • Oct. 15, 2013
Aversion to megaclubs and electronic dance music, or E.D.M., was echoed at places where velvet ropes are unnecessary.
From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2013
Perhaps, for those who haven't developed a condition known as Carpe Diem Aversion, even Robin Williams in "Dead Poets Society."
From Seattle Times • Sep. 17, 2010
In all living Creatures, that fall under our Senses, we perceive an Instinct of Self-Preservation; and the more sensible they are, the greater Aversion they discover to the Dissolution of their Being.
From An Enquiry into the Causes of the Frequent Executions at Tyburn (1725) by Mandeville, Bernard
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