aversion
Example Sentences
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“He has such an aversion to being liked,” David Thomson wrote, in a 1983 issue of Film Comment, about Shepard’s screen presence.
Europe’s other military power, there is widespread aversion to conscription, which ended in 1960.
And you also have to divide by your personal degree of risk aversion, because each person can tolerate a different amount of risk.
From Barron's
Moreover, loss aversion theory says that people will react more strongly to losing health care than they did to not having it in the first place.
From Salon
Crispy spare ribs with a mango and fennel salad were delicious and inspired, despite my typical aversion to ribs.
From Salon
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