aversion

Example Sentences

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Mr. Swaim rightly points out our culture’s growing aversion to work, but misses two of the root causes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

“The decline in shadow fleet activity likely reflects increased risk aversion among operators,” Dimitris Ampatzidis, a risk and compliance analyst at Kpler, told Barron’s.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

Crucially, this in turn would massively help governments reduce their interest expense because bond markets are obliged to factor in risk aversion because they are focused on second-guessing inflation three months out.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

And there's another phenomenon that has been termed "complexity phobia": the aversion to recognising incontrovertible evidence and facts if they challenge a more comfortable and comforting narrative.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

Maybe I would earn the title after I determined if I’d been born allergic to cleaning or if the aversion had been learned.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas