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^[1]:

     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.

Derived terms

• risk-aversity

Anagrams

• vestiary