Aversion
nounA strong feeling of dislike or reluctance toward something or someone.
How to spell aversion
8 letters · 3 syllables
How to pronounce aversion
Say the part in capitals loudest.
What does aversion mean?
- nounA strong feeling of dislike or reluctance toward something or someone.
Aversion in a sentence
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She has a deep aversion to crowded shopping centres.
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His aversion to paperwork made him put off the tax return for weeks.
Where does aversion come from?
Language of origin: Latin
This word traces back to the Latin verb avertere, which meant 'to turn away' or 'to turn aside', formed from ab- meaning 'away' and vertere meaning 'to turn'. From the past participle aversus came the noun aversio, denoting the act of turning away from something. English adopted the word in the early sixteenth century, originally in the literal sense of a physical turning away, before it settled into its modern meaning of a strong feeling of dislike or repugnance that makes you want to keep your distance. The same vertere root spins through a whole family of English relatives, including convert, divert, reverse, and version, all of which share that idea of turning. Remembering that the heart of the word is 'vers' (turn), not 'vert', helps fix the spelling: it ends in -sion, not -tion.
How the word is built
- a- (from Latin ab-, 'away')
- vers (from vertere, 'to turn')
- -ion (noun suffix)
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