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Repugnance

Repugnance Meaning & Definition
Repugnance Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Repugnance?

[n] intense aversion
[n] the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time

Synonyms | Synonyms for Repugnance: horror | incompatibility | inconsistency | mutual exclusiveness | repulsion | revulsion

Related Terms | Find terms related to Repugnance:

See Also | contradictoriness | disgust

Repugnance In Webster's Dictionary

\Re*pug"nance\ (-nans), Repugnancy \Re*pug"nan*cy\ (-nan-s?), n. [F. r['e]pugnance, 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. --Dryden. Let the foes quietly cut their throats, Without repugnancy. --Shak. Syn: Aversion; reluctance; unwillingness; dislike; antipathy; hatred; hostility; irreconcilableness; contrariety; inconsistency. See {Dislike}.

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