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to aversion
noun
Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike.
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We have previously shown that peripheral (intraperitoneal, IP) injection of CGRP resulted in light aversive behavior in wild-type CD1 mice similar to aversion previously seen following central (intracerebroventricular, ICV) injection.
Indeed Messrs Koudijs and Voth cite previous research linking distrust in one's judgment to aversion to risk.
What had been overwhelming world sympathy – Yasser Arafat gave blood for New Yorkers – turned to aversion and then hatred as revenge wars were waged on Afghanistan and Iraq.
To hammer their point home, the ceremony's producers resorted to aversion therapy by playing a video of past winners' thoughts from the podium.
In Anthony Burgess's novel, Alex - the 15-year-old leader of the gang - is arrested for murder and subjected to aversion therapy that leaves him incapable of distinguishing between good and evil.
In popular, nonmedical usage the word has been used traditionally to describe a variety of behaviours, ranging from general coldness of manner or lack of interest in physical affection to aversion to the act of sexual intercourse.
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For Mr. Lonergan, this boils down to an aversion to cliche.
He probably owed this remarkable immunity in large part to his aversion to publicity.
There are obviously exceptions to enterprise aversion to GPL, but they're few and far between.
4b Age was also used to explain aversion to some therapies.
► Blockade of noradrenergic arousal appears to increase aversion to harming others.
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