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repugnance

[ ri-puhg-nuhns ]

noun

  1. the state of being repugnant.
  2. strong distaste, aversion, or objection; antipathy.

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  3. contradictoriness or inconsistency.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of repugnance1

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Latin repugnantia, equivalent to repugn ( ) to repugn + -antia -ance
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Her Coachella set stared down repugnance and pushed against it, radiating so brightly it consumed the darkness, if only for a night.

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This reflects the repugnance of sex tourism in today’s Nagasaki, the latest form of white gaze.

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The rest of the world, which recoils in repugnance at whom we have become, does not take us seriously.

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Beyond its obvious repugnance in moral terms, Abe’s murder challenges us to consider what implications his sudden loss might have for the political future, in Japan and globally.

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They dyed the slime green, of course, just to up the ante on kids’ pleasure and parents’ repugnance.

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