different between averseness vs aversion

English

Etymology

averse +? -ness

Noun

averseness (usually uncountable, plural aversenesses)

1. The quality of being averse; opposition of mind.

   Synonyms: aversion, disinclination, unwillingness

   • 1600, George Abbot, An Exposition upon the Prophet Jonah, London, Lecture 4, p. 65,^[1]

     Oh the stubburnnesse of iniquitie, and mans auersenesse from his maker.

   • 1742, Samuel Richardson, Pamela, London, Volume 4, Letter 56, p. 363,^[2]

     […] the Fondness or Averseness of the Child to some Servants […] will at any time let one know, whether their Love to the Baby is uniform and the same, when one is absent, as present.

   • 1893, Thomas Hardy,“The Fiddler of the Reels” in Life’s Little Ironies, New York: Harper, 1894, p. 154,^[3]

     There were tones in [his fiddling] which bred the immediate conviction that indolence and averseness to systematic application were all that lay between “Mop” and the career of a second Paganini.

English

Etymology

From Middle French aversion, from Latin ?versi?. Doublet of aversio.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??v???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??v??n/
• Hyphenation: aver?sion

Noun

aversion (countable and uncountable, plural aversions)

1. Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike.

   Synonyms: antipathy, disinclination, reluctance

2. An object of dislike or repugnance.

   Synonym: abomination

3. (obsolete) The act of turning away from an object.

Related terms

• averse
• avert

Translations

See also

• adverse

Anagrams

• vairones, veraison

Finnish

Noun

aversion

1. Genitive singular form of aversio.

Anagrams

• versiona

French

Etymology

From Latin aversionem

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.v??.sj??/

Noun

aversion f (plural aversions)

1. aversion