aversion
part of speech
noun (aversion, aversions)
meaning for a pupil
1) A strong dislike of something. tree →
2) A feeling of wanting to avoid something. tree →
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 →
- My cat has an aversion to water. tree →
- She developed an aversion to fish after being sick. tree →
- I have an aversion to getting up early. tree →
- Birds learn an aversion to bitter caterpillars. tree →
- His aversion to crowds kept him home. tree →
- Ares appears to have been an object of aversion to all the gods of Olympus, Aphrodite alone excepted. tree →
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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.