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Dislike state's entity having charge (8)

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aversion

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'dislike' is the definition.
(aversion is a kind of dislike)

'state's entity having charge' is the wordplay.
'state's entity' becomes 'avers' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'having' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'charge' becomes 'ion' (an ion is a charged particle).
'avers'+'ion'='AVERSION'

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(Other definitions for aversion that I've seen before include "Strong dislike for, makes you look away" , "serious dislike" , "horror" , "Dislike, hatred" , "Feeling of intense dislike" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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