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noun
Extreme aversion, repulsion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Contradiction, inconsistency, incompatibility, incongruity; an instance of such.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
intense aversion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: repulsion, revulsion, horror
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disgust
noun
the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: incompatibility, mutual exclusiveness, inconsistency
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: contradictoriness
History
From Middle English repugnance, repugnaunce, from Old French repugnance, repugnaunce (French répugnance) and its etymon Latin repugnantia. Doublet of repugnancy.
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
