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# aversion

«aversion» in Mova's school dictionary: **A strong dislike of something** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (aversion, aversions)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A strong dislike of something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aversion/#m1)

2) A feeling of wanting to avoid something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aversion/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and the formal voice, a character might have «an aversion to cats» or «an aversion to hard work». In science, animals learn an aversion to bad-tasting food. Phrases: an aversion to, risk aversion.

### examples

- He has a strong aversion to spiders. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aversion/#x1)
- My cat has an aversion to water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aversion/#x2)
- She developed an aversion to fish after being sick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aversion/#x3)
- I have an aversion to getting up early. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aversion/#x4)
- Birds learn an aversion to bitter caterpillars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aversion/#x5)
- His aversion to crowds kept him home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aversion/#x6)
- Ares appears to have been an object of aversion to all the gods of Olympus, Aphrodite alone excepted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aversion/#x7)

### note

Usually «an aversion to» something. It is a formal word; in everyday talk say «hates» or «can't stand». Do not confuse with «version».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «aversion» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aversion/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.