Aversions
[ə'vɜ:ʒənz]
Examples
- Our conscious thoughts, observations, wishes, aversions are important, because they represent inchoate, nascent activities. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- When I am immediately threatened with any grievous ill, my fears, apprehensions, and aversions rise to a great height, and produce a sensible emotion. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- They held many aversions too in common, and could have the comfort of laughing together over works of false sentimentality and pompous pretension. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- As to your small maxims, your narrow rules, your little prejudices, aversions, dogmas, bundle them off. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Editor: Melinda