repulsion
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repulsion
- /ɹɪˈpʌlʃən/ US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French répulsion, from Late Latin repulsio, repulsionem, from Latin repulsus.
noun repulsions
- The act of repelling or the condition of being repelled.
- An extreme dislike of something, or hostility to something. All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion[…] such talk had been distressingly out of place.
- The repulsive force acting between bodies of the same electric charge or magnetic polarity.
Opposite: attraction
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Opposite: attraction
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noun the act of repelling or the condition of being repelled
| Español | repulsión |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Abstoßung |
| Ελληνικά | απώθηση apóthisi |
| Română | repulsie |
| Русский | отраже́ние otražénije |
| العربية | تَنَافُر tanāfur, نُفُور nufūr |
noun an extreme dislike of something
| Español | repulsión |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Abstoßung, Repulsion, Abscheu |
| Română | repulsie, dezgust |
| Русский | антипа́тия antipátija, отвраще́ние otvraščénije |
| العربية | اِشْمِئْزَاز išmiʔzāz, نُفُور nufūr, مَقْت maqt |
noun physics: the repulsive force acting between bodies of the same electric charge or magnetic polarity
| Español | repulsión |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Abstoßung, Repulsion |
| Română | respingere, recul |
| Русский | отталкивание ottalkivanije |
| العربية | تَنَافُر tanāfur |
Talk about this word "repulsion." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/repulsion. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. repulsion. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/repulsion "repulsion." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/repulsion.Cite this
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title = {repulsion},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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