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REPUGNANCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Intense aversion
Synonyms:
horror; repugnance; repulsion; revulsion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("repugnance" is a kind of...):
disgust (strong feelings of dislike)
Derivation:
repugnant (offensive to the mind)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
Synonyms:
incompatibility; inconsistency; mutual exclusiveness; repugnance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("repugnance" is a kind of...):
contradictoriness (the relation that exists when opposites cannot coexist)
Derivation:
repugn (to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation)
