aversion

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aversion aversion therapy

Main Entry: aver·sion
Pronunciation: -vr-zhn, -shn
Function: noun
1 : a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it
2 : a tendency to extinguish a behavior or to avoid a thing or situation and especially a usually pleasurable one because it is or has been associated with a noxious stimulus <conditioning of food aversions by drug injection>