repugnance
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repugnance
- /ɹɪˈpʌɡnəns/
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From Middle English repugnance, repugnaunce, from Old French repugnance, repugnaunce (French répugnance) and its etymon Latin repugnantia. Doublet of repugnancy.
noun repugnances · repugnaunce
- Extreme aversion, repulsion. moral repugnance
- 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.
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noun Translations
| Español | repugnancia |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 厌恶 yànwù |
| Français | répugnance |
| Ελληνικά | απέχθεια apéchtheia |
Talk about this word "repugnance." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/repugnance. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. repugnance. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/repugnance "repugnance." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/repugnance.Cite this
@misc{repugnance_2026,
title = {repugnance},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/repugnance},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
