In many societies, traditional cultural and religious aversion to slaughter led to prejudice against the people involved.

Starting about 20 years ago, evangelical Christians began shedding their traditional aversion to political activism.

But the turmoil caused by Mr. Lavin's departure, as well as the company's traditional aversion to making bold moves of any sort, will complicate a turnaround.

These names add to the growing chorus of Saleh loyalists that have shed their traditional aversion to disparaging the man they call 'The Boss'".

Meritocrats had a traditional aversion to touching rocks or dirt, one reason why they traditionally wore gloves.

For one thing, in some Asian countries there is a traditional aversion to dealing with the police, who are often corrupt or oppressive.

One reason is that the average speculator, who often first traded stocks, has a traditional aversion to selling short, or betting that prices will go down.

A minimal force would reflect the Afghans' traditional aversion to foreign troops.

The National Trust, abandoning its traditional aversion to political activity, is mobilising its more than three and a half million members to resist the plans.

Newspapers agreed that this was primarily due to the customary restraint of the British police and British demonstrators' traditional aversion to violence.