repugnance en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɹɪˈpʌɡnəns/
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Etymology
From Middle English repugnance, repugnaunce, from Old French repugnance, repugnaunce (French répugnance) and its etymon Latin repugnantia. Doublet of repugnancy.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Extreme aversion, repulsion.
moral repugnance
express repugnance
sense of repugnance
She felt a deep repugnance toward violence.
He showed open repugnance at the suggestion.
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(countable, uncountable) Contradiction, inconsistency, incompatibility, incongruity; an instance of such.
[T]o make a falſe poſition paſſe for true, and to perſwade the belief thereof, there cannot be any thing produced but fallacies, Sophiſms, Paralogiſmes, Equivocations, and Diſcourſes vain, inconſiſtant, and full of repugnances and contradictions.
1661, Galilæus Galilæus Lyncæus [i.e., Galileo Galilei], “The Systeme of the World: In Four Dialogues. […]. The Second Dialogue.”, in Thomas Salusbury, transl., Mathematical Collections and Translations, tome I, 1st part, London: […] William Leybourne, →OCLC, page 112:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| repugnaunce | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| repugnances | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (6)
cmn 厌恶 (Translations) · el απέχθεια (Translations) · fr répugnance (Translations) · mi ongaonga (Translations) · es repugnancia (Translations) · ml വെറുപ്പ് (Translations)