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Inequity aversion Loss aversion Risk aversion Sexual aversion Taste aversion (disambiguation) Work aversion Aversion may also refer to: Aversion therapy
Aversion
Aspect of decision and prospect theories
In cognitive science and behavioral economics, loss aversion is a cognitive bias in which the same situation is perceived as worse if it is framed as a
Loss_aversion
Preference for fairness and resistance to incidental inequalities
Inequity aversion (IA) is the preference for fairness and resistance to incidental inequalities. The social sciences that study inequity aversion include
Inequity_aversion
Economics theory
In economics and finance, risk aversion is the tendency of people to prefer outcomes with low uncertainty to those outcomes with high uncertainty, even
Risk_aversion
Topics referred to by the same term
Food aversion may refer to: Anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder in which people avoid eating due to concerns about body weight or body image Food neophobia
Food_aversion
Topics referred to by the same term
Taste aversion is associated with: Conditioned taste aversion, an acquired aversion to the taste of a food that was paired with aversive stimuli Avoidant/restrictive
Taste_aversion
Biological process
Conditioned taste aversion occurs when an animal acquires an aversion to the taste of a food that was paired with aversive stimuli. The effect explains
Conditioned_taste_aversion
Form of psychological treatment
Aversion therapy is a behavioral treatment that aims to reduce unwanted behavior by pairing it with an unpleasant or uncomfortable experience. For example
Aversion_therapy
Preference of known risks to unknown risks
In decision theory and economics, ambiguity aversion (also known as uncertainty aversion) is a preference for known risks over unknown risks. An ambiguity-averse
Ambiguity_aversion
Medical condition
Aversion to happiness, also called fear of happiness, refers to "the subjective experience of negative affect (e.g., fear, anxiety, guilt, or discomfort)
Aversion_to_happiness
Medical torture program in South Africa active during the apartheid era
The Aversion Project was a medical torture programme in South Africa led by Aubrey Levin during apartheid. The project identified gay soldiers and conscripts
The_Aversion_Project
Australian deathcore band
Aversions Crown is an Australian deathcore band formed in 2009 in Brisbane, Queensland. The band has been referred to as "progressive alien deathcore"
Aversions_Crown
similar to taste aversion. Brand aversion, also called brand hate, can lead to brand avoidance, but it is not the same. Both with brand aversion and brand avoidance
Brand_aversion
Biased assessment of an algorithm
Algorithm aversion is defined as a "biased assessment of an algorithm which manifests in negative behaviors, and attitudes towards the algorithm compared
Algorithm_aversion
Fear and dislike of that which is perceived to be foreign or strange
termed anti-Blackness) is characterized by fear of, hatred of or extreme aversion to Black people and Cape Coloureds or Coloureds, and Black & Colored culture
Xenophobia
Animal behavior
Inequity aversion in animals is the willingness to sacrifice material pay-offs for the sake of greater equality, something humans tend to do from early
Inequity_aversion_in_animals
Concept in economics
hyperbolic absolute risk aversion and at the same time is the only class of utility functions with constant relative risk aversion, which is why it is also
Isoelastic_utility
Cognitive bias
behavioral economics, the endowment effect, also known as divestiture aversion, is the finding that people are more likely to retain an object they own
Endowment_effect
Avoiding doing a task that needs to be completed
procrastination itself, but also social stigmas and the belief that task-aversion is caused by laziness, lack of willpower or low ambition. In some cases
Procrastination
Behavior in which a person refuses regular employment
Refusal of work is behavior in which a person refuses regular employment. With or without a political or philosophical program, it has been practiced by
Refusal_of_work
economics, and decision theory, hyperbolic absolute risk aversion (HARA) refers to a type of risk aversion that is particularly convenient to model mathematically
Hyperbolic absolute risk aversion
Hyperbolic_absolute_risk_aversion
Concept in psychology
Risk aversion is the preference for a guaranteed outcome over a gamble with higher or equal expected value. Conversely, rejection of a sure thing in favor
Risk_aversion_(psychology)
Book of erotic and anti-erotic poems by Alfredo de Palchi
Addictive Aversions, by Alfredo de Palchi, is a book of erotic and anti-erotic poems written originally in Italian under the title Le Viziose Avversioni
Addictive_Aversions
Theory of behavioral economics
assess their loss and gain perspectives in an asymmetric manner (see loss aversion). For example, for some individuals, the pain from losing $1,000 could
Prospect_theory
Optimality condition in optimal control theory
The Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation is a nonlinear partial differential equation that provides necessary and sufficient conditions for optimality
Hamilton–Jacobi–Bellman equation
Hamilton–Jacobi–Bellman_equation
Fear or aversion of colors
(also known as chromatophobia) is a persistent, irrational fear of, or aversion to, colors and is usually a conditioned response. While actual clinical
Chromophobia
2026 Indian film by Jeethu Joseph
falsified psychiatric records suggesting that Anju suffers from Sexual Aversion Syndrome, allegedly causing violent behavior when approached. This is intended
Drishyam_3
Phenomenon in judicial decisions
Dissent aversion is the judicial phenomenon that implies that judges do not like dissenting opinions in the jurisdictions where they are possible nor do
Dissent_aversion
Medical condition
DSM-III-R. Other terms used to describe the phenomenon include sexual aversion and sexual apathy. More informal or colloquial terms are frigidity and
Hypoactive sexual desire disorder
Hypoactive_sexual_desire_disorder
American multinational technology company
Google's reluctance to hire a CEO was one manifestation of a cultural aversion to typical corporate America. In the design of a mission statement employees
Fear or uneasiness of objects with small, irregular shaped holes
Trypophobia is an aversion to the sight of repetitive patterns, or clusters, of small holes or bumps. Although not clinically recognized as a separate
Trypophobia
American social news and discussion site
Reddit (/ˈrɛdɪt/ RED-it, stylized reddit) is a proprietary American social news website, news aggregator, forum and social media platform. Registered users
Condition in which an individual cannot feel pleasure from an orgasm
Sexual anhedonia, also known as pleasure dissociative orgasmic disorder, is a condition in which an individual cannot feel pleasure (see anhedonia) from
Sexual_anhedonia
Abnormal intolerance to visual perception of light
Photophobia is a medical symptom of abnormal intolerance to visual perception of light. As a medical symptom, photophobia is not a morbid fear or phobia
Photophobia
Fear of, or negative attitudes about, sex
Erotophobia is a term to describe a fear or aversion to sex or related matters. It was coined by a number of researchers in the late 1970s and early 1980s
Erotophobia
Paradox in expected-utility theory
Rabin's critique) is a theoretical result related to the calibration of risk aversion within expected-utility theory. In intuitive terms, it shows that an expected-utility
Rabin's_calibration_theorem
Paradox in decision theory
the Savage Axioms". It is generally taken to be evidence of ambiguity aversion, in which a person tends to prefer choices with quantifiable risks over
Ellsberg_paradox
Form of nonverbal communication
Doherty-Sneddon, G.; Warnock, H. (2006). "Helping children think: Gaze aversion and teaching" (PDF). British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 24 (3):
Eye_contact
Informal term for sexual aversion
deep aversion to sexual activity. It is considered a loss of "appetite" for sexual contact, and may result in a fear of intimacy or an aversion to any
Sexual_anorexia
Avoidance of a known toxic substance
Poison shyness, also called conditioned food aversion, is the avoidance of a toxic substance by an animal that has previously ingested that substance.
Poison_shyness
German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
noted that science was often inclined to do more harm than good. This aversion to war also led Einstein to befriend author Upton Sinclair and film star
Albert_Einstein
State of low mood and aversion to activity
Depression is a mental state of low mood and aversion to activity. It affects about 3.5% of the global population, or about 280 million people worldwide
Depression_(mood)
1955–1975 war in Southeast Asia
lasting until 1991. Within the US, the war gave rise to Vietnam syndrome, an aversion to American overseas military involvement, which, with the Watergate scandal
Vietnam_War
Concept in economics
used instead of the expected value of an outcome, accounting for risk aversion, where the risk premium is higher for low-probability events than the difference
Expected_utility_hypothesis
Fear or dislike of female genitalia
Eurotophobia is the aversion to, fear of, or dislike of female genitalia. Eurotophobia originates from the Greek eurṓs, meaning "vulva," combined with
Eurotophobia
Disinclination to activity or exertion
these circumstances, laziness can manifest as a negative coping mechanism (aversion), the desire to avoid certain situations to counter certain experiences
Laziness
Pleasure from the misfortunes of others
years old and may be an important social emotion establishing "inequity aversion". Schadenfreude is a term borrowed from German. It is a compound of Schaden
Schadenfreude
Hindu and Buddhist concept of hatred and aversion
Tibetan: zhe sdang) is a Buddhist and Hindu term that is translated as "hate, aversion". In Hinduism, it is one of the Five Poisons or kleshas. Walpola Rahula
Dvesha
Idea in psychoanalysis
opposite-sex parent and aversion to the same-sex parent, while a negative Oedipus complex refers to the desire for the same-sex parent and aversion to the opposite-sex
Oedipus_complex
Attempt made by investors to avoid negative financial information
gains. Panidi (2015) looked at the link between loss aversion and the ostrich effect – loss aversion was measured through lottery choices, and the ostrich
Ostrich_effect
Argentine revolutionary (1928–1967)
maxims. Guevara's economic goal of the new man, which coincided with his aversion for wealth condensation and economic inequality, was to see elimination
Che_Guevara
Aversion towards one's own ethnic group
Endophobia is a neologism understood as the aversion or disdain for the cultural identity and/or phenotypical characteristics of one's own ethnic group
Endophobia
English actress (born 1975)
she dislikes speaking publicly about her salary. She has expressed an aversion to elaborate press junkets and red carpet events, terming them a waste
Kate_Winslet
Minor annoyance that an individual identifies as particularly irritating
A pet peeve, pet aversion, or pet hate is a minor annoyance that an individual finds particularly irritating to a greater degree than the norm. The noun
Pet_peeve
Form of the utility function
risk aversion, a = 0 {\displaystyle a=0} for risk-neutrality, or a < 0 {\displaystyle a<0} for risk-seeking). In situations where only risk aversion is
Exponential_utility
Currency value as determined by foreign market events
financial system. Therefore, developing countries seem to have greater aversion to floating, as they have much smaller variations of the nominal exchange
Floating_exchange_rate
Aversion to bisexual people
Biphobia or monosexism is aversion toward bisexual people or bisexuality as a sexual orientation. Biphobic prejudice commonly presents as denial that bisexuality
Biphobia
Romantic and sexual orientation
to experience more sexual aversion than romantic asexuals. On a 7-point scale, aromantic asexuals rated their sexual aversion an average of 4.31, while
Aromantic_asexuality
South African-born Canadian psychiatrist (1938–2025)
marijuana or who were homosexual. Levin's work for the SADF, in which he used aversion therapy, became the subject of much scrutiny at the end of the apartheid
Aubrey_Levin
Fear of penises or masculinity
narrower sense is a fear of the penis and in a broader sense an excessive aversion to masculinity. Alternative terms for this condition include ithyphallophobia
Phallophobia
Medical condition
few minutes. It is different from postpartum depression, breastfeeding aversion response (BAR), or a dislike of breastfeeding. It has been described anecdotally
Dysphoric milk ejection reflex
Dysphoric_milk_ejection_reflex
Negative attitudes and feelings, or hostility towards, poverty and poor people
indigent, poor,' and φόβος (phobos), 'hatred' or 'aversion') is the systematic rejection, aversion, and discriminatory attitudes directed toward individuals
Aporophobia
Sexual activity involving stimulation of the genitalia by use of the mouth
a safe and successful pregnancy. Cultural views on oral sex range from aversion to high regard. It, especially fellatio, has been deemed taboo, or at least
Oral_sex
Fear of feces or defecation
Coprophobia is fear of or aversion to feces or defecation. In humans, the attitude to feces and defecation has become a cultural taboo. In the animal world
Coprophobia
Aversion to one's home or homeland
preferring instead a rootless existence founded 'upon nothing.' An extreme aversion to the sacred, and the thwarting of the connection of the sacred to the
Oikophobia
Pseudoscientific attempts to change sexual orientation or gender identity
consists of methods that involve, but are not limited to: talk therapy, aversion therapy, brain surgery, chemical castration, surgical castration, hypnosis
Conversion_therapy
Aversion to the success of one's peers
Aversion to the success of one's peers
Tall_poppy_syndrome
Oral sex on the vulva by a sexual partner
of trauma. Cultural views on giving or receiving cunnilingus range from aversion to high regard. It has been considered taboo, or discouraged, in many cultures
Cunnilingus
Economics concept
of relative risk aversion which are not required to be inversely related - a restriction imposed by the constant relative risk aversion utility function
Equity_premium_puzzle
Founder of Buddhism
leads in turn to the formation of attachments, in the form of desire and aversion, and the strengthening of ignorance concerning the true nature of sentient
The_Buddha
English comedian
comedian. Foot is known for his musings, rants, "disturbances" and apparent aversion to pop culture. The Daily Express likened him to "a rare exotic bird",
Paul_Foot_(comedian)
1973 film by William Friedkin
developed scoliosis, with long-term health effects, as well as a lifelong aversion to cold from all her time in the refrigerated bedroom set wearing only
The_Exorcist
Fear of or hypersensitivity to odors
Osmophobia or olfactophobia refers to a fear, aversion, or psychological hypersensitivity to odors. Osmophobia seems to be a consistent part of the patient’s
Osmophobia
Persistent and abnormal fear of water
to drink, and an inability to quench one's thirst. Therefore, fear or aversion to water in general is referred to as aquaphobia. A study of epidemiological
Aquaphobia
2009 American film
Aversion is a 2009 horror film directed by GF Roberts. The film revolves around a private investigator who discovers too late that the woman he is hired
Aversion_(film)
Canadian musician (born 1988)
and didn't eat anything." In 2014, she wrote a blog post expressing her aversion to hard drugs. Grimes embraces her distinctive lisp, and has expressed
Grimes
In Buddhism, mental states that cloud the mind
Theravada Buddhist traditions, the three kleshas of ignorance, attachment, and aversion are identified as the root or source of all other kleshas. These are referred
Kleshas_(Buddhism)
American marketing professor
best known for his critique of the behavioral economics concept of loss aversion. Gal received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 2007. He joined the
David_Gal
Leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991
person. Throughout his life, he tried to dress fashionably. Having an aversion to hard liquor, he drank sparingly and did not smoke. He was protective
Mikhail_Gorbachev
Mexican drug lord incarcerated in a US federal prison (born 1957)
enforcement or any outsiders. Their distrust towards non-residents and their aversion towards the government, alongside a combination of bribery and intimidation
El_Chapo
Region of the basal forebrain
accumbens has a significant role in the cognitive processing of motivation, aversion, reward (i.e., incentive salience, pleasure, and positive reinforcement)
Nucleus_accumbens
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856–1943)
described as being couched as a "consulting fee" to get around Tesla's aversion to accepting charity.[citation needed] In 1931, a young journalist whom
Nikola_Tesla
Affection; one of the ancient Greek forms of love
or affection. Its conceptual opposite is phobia, which denotes fear or aversion.[clarification needed] As Gerard Hughes points out, in Books VIII and IX
Philia
American actress (born 1969)
of the 100 Most Powerful Actresses in Hollywood in 2013. After years of aversion to social media, Aniston joined Instagram on October 15, 2019, causing
Jennifer_Aniston
Pavlovian conditioning
stimulus. This paradigm can also be used to measure conditioned place aversion (CPA) with an identical procedure involving aversive stimuli instead. Both
Conditioned_place_preference
Physiological phenomenon involving the hardening and enlargement of the penis
governments and courts of law to measure sexual orientation. An unusual aversion to the erect penis is sometimes referred to as phallophobia. Spontaneous
Erection
American economist and Nobel Laureate (born 1945)
with Benartzi, demonstrated how myopic loss aversion, wherein investor behavior is guided by their aversion to loss over a shorter time horizon, contributes
Richard_Thaler
Cultural stereotype applied to Minnesotans
people from other states. The phrase also implies polite friendliness, an aversion to open confrontation, a tendency toward understatement, a disinclination
Minnesota_nice
American white supremacist hate group
Smith and voted the Democratic Party line as usual, as "despite Baptists' aversion to Smith's religion, many of them no doubt voted for him." However, in
Ku_Klux_Klan
Innate character flaws described in Buddhism
delusion, also known as ignorance; greed or sensual attachment; and hatred or aversion. These three poisons are considered to be three afflictions or character
Three_poisons
American writer (1890–1937)
his later cosmic philosophy. Despite his interests in science, he had an aversion to realistic literature, so he became interested in fantastical fiction
H._P._Lovecraft
Interdisciplinary field
cortex. One aspect of human decision-making is a strong aversion to potential loss. Under loss aversion, the perceived cost of loss is experienced more intensely
Neuroeconomics
Military conflict during the Somali Civil War
warlords as proxies against the Somali Islamic Courts in the 2000s. This aversion to large-scale military intervention in the country, and Africa more broadly
Battle_of_Mogadishu_(1993)
American writer (1933–2023)
Sound and the Fury (1929) as "great" novels. Socially, McCarthy had an aversion to other writers, preferring the company of scientists. He voiced his admiration
Cormac_McCarthy
Species of protozoan parasite
decreased aversion to cat urine while infection in mice lowers general anxiety, increases explorative behaviors and increases a loss of aversion to predators
Toxoplasma_gondii
1960s–1998 conflict in Northern Ireland
social issues arising from the Troubles include antisocial behavior and an aversion towards political participation. According to one historian, children raised
The_Troubles
1739–40 book by David Hume
arise from pleasure or pain that is "uncertain" to some degree. Desire and aversion arise from pleasure and pain "consider'd simply". And the will "exerts
A_Treatise_of_Human_Nature
American television sitcom (2007–2019)
connection into a romantic partnership, with Sheldon gradually overcoming his aversion to physical contact and emotional intimacy. Their relationship is marked
The_Big_Bang_Theory
Cognitive bias
bias intersects with other non-rational cognitive processes such as loss aversion, in which losses comparative to gains are weighed to a greater extent.
Status_quo_bias
The uncertainty effect, also known as direct risk aversion, is a phenomenon in economics and psychology in which individuals value a risky prospect (such
Uncertainty_effect
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