#107 aversion

averse (adjective)- opposed, disinclined, or loath

- C16 from Latin aversus- to turn from

- also aversion

I always had, deep down, a slight aversion toward the purely cerebral in music. ~Esa Salonen

Jealousy - that jumble of secret worship and ostensible aversion. ~ Emile Cioran

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