pho·bi·a ˈfōbēə/ noun an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something.
That part has been added by the proponents of newspeak. Aversion is already a concept in its own right. My aversion to rats (and RATs) does not mean that I fear them.
98 posted on 08/04/2017 10:21:11 AM PDT by JimRed
( TERM LIMITS, NOW!“At 9 a.m. this morning a shipbo Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH)