offensiveness, disgustingness; contradictoriness, inconsistency; aversion, revulsion, sense of disgust
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(n.)
Alt. of Repugnancy
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutAlt. of Repugnancy
repugnance
\re*pug"nance\ (-nans), repugnancy \re*pug"nan*cy\ (-nan-s?), ] n. [f. répugnance, l. repugnantia.] the state or condition of being repugnant; opposition; contrariety; especially, a strong instinctive antagonism; aversion; reluctance; unwillingness, as of mind, passions, principles, qualities, and the like. that which causes us to lose most of our time is the repugnance which we naturally have to labor. let the foes quietly cut their throats, without repugnancy.
Thorough dislike.
Noun
1. intense aversion
(synonym) repulsion, revulsion, horror
(hypernym) disgust
2. the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
(synonym) incompatibility, mutual exclusiveness, inconsistency
(hypernym) contradictoriness
(derivation) contest, contend, repugn
