aversity

English

Etymology

averse +‎ -ity

Noun

aversity (countable and uncountable, plural aversities)

  1. The state or condition of being averse.
    • 2012, Andrew Zimbalist, Comparative Economic Systems: An Assessment of Knowledge, Theory and Method‎:
      The utility function of the workers specifies homogeneity or non-homogeneity; possibilities of coalitions; nature of risk aversity; nature of work aversity; and individualism or altruism.
    Psychology studies human aversities, and the ways people develop them.

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