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REPULSION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand

Synonyms:

repulsion; standoff

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("repulsion" is a kind of...):

stand (a defensive effort)

Derivation:

repulse (force or drive back)

repulse (cause to move back by force or influence)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Intense aversion

Synonyms:

horror; repugnance; repulsion; revulsion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("repulsion" is a kind of...):

disgust (strong feelings of dislike)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The force by which bodies repel one another

Synonyms:

repulsion; repulsive force

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("repulsion" is a kind of...):

force ((physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity)

Attribute:

repulsive (possessing the ability to repel)

Antonym:

attraction (the force by which one object attracts another)

Credits

 Context examples: 

In fear I turned to my poor Madam Mina, and my heart with gladness leapt like flame; for oh! the terror in her sweet eyes, the repulsion, the horror, told a story to my heart that was all of hope.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Martin Eden never looked at him without experiencing a sense of repulsion.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)