risk aversion

Noun

Meaning

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see risk,‎ aversion.

Tendency of a decision-maker to prefer a certain payoff to one of greater expected value but more uncertainty.

Examples

Risk aversion and health and safety excesses are a growing threat to plain old common sense and adult responsibility as our societies become seriously infantilised by intrusive Big Brother governments. Source: Internet

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