Disrepute vs Aversion - What's the difference?
disrepute | aversion | Related terms |
Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem; discredit.
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* Sir Walter Scott
To bring into disreputation; to hold in dishonor.
Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike.
An object of dislike or repugnance.
(obsolete) The act of turning away from an object.
Disrepute is a related term of aversion.
As nouns the difference between disrepute and aversion
is that disrepute is loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem; discredit while aversion is aversion.As a verb disrepute
is to bring into disreputation; to hold in dishonor.disrepute
English
Noun
(-)- Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get; what you get is classical alpha-taxonomy which is, very largely and for sound reasons, in disrepute today.
- At the beginning of the eighteenth century astrology fell into general disrepute .
Verb
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*aversion
English
Noun
(en noun)- Due to her aversion to the outdoors she complained throughout the entire camping trip.
- Pushy salespeople are a major aversion of mine.