Definition of Aversions

1. Noun. (plural of aversion) ¹

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Definition of Aversions

1. aversion [n] - See also: aversion

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aversions

averruncators
avers
aversation
aversations
averse
averse(p)
aversed
aversely
averseness
aversenesses
averses
aversing
aversio
aversion
aversion therapy
aversions
aversive
aversive behaviour
aversive conditioning
aversive stimulus
aversive therapy
aversive training
aversively
aversiveness
aversivenesses
aversives
avert
avertable
averted

Literary usage of Aversions

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Health Consequences of Smoking: Nicotine Addiction a Report of the Surgeon by C. Everett Koop, M.D., DIANE Publishing Company (1988)
"The conditioned taste aversion was induced by nicotine in a dose-related manner; stronger taste aversions were induced by nicotine after four conditioning ..."

2. The Beauties of the Late Rev. Dr. Isaac Watts by Isaac Watts (1821)
"Maksi it your .daily business to moderate your aversions and desires, and to govern them by reason. This will guard you against many a ruffle of spirit, ..."

3. Psychology as a Natural Science Applied to the Solution of Occult Psychic by Charles Gadlove Raue (1889)
"It is the disagreeable or painful influence a thing has exerted upon the mind, and the frequent repetition of such influence, that creates aversions and ..."

4. Practical Piety by Francis (1853)
"OF Aversions. Aversions are certain antipathies, sometimes natural, which make us feel a little dislike from the very first to those who are the objects of ..."

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