repugnance

/ri'pʌgnəns/ Cách viết khác : (repugnancy) /ri'pʌgnənsi/

Thân thiện

A child feels repugnance at the sight of the spoiled milk.

Definition

Noun: 1. Intense aversion or disgust: A feeling of strong dislike, distaste, or revulsion. 2. Inconsistency or contradiction: (Formal) The relation between ideas, principles, or propositions that are incompatible or mutually contradictory.

Examples

• Showing intense aversion:
  • She felt a deep repugnance at the idea of eating insects.
  • He could not hide his moral repugnance for their actions.
• Showing inconsistency (formal):
  • There is a fundamental repugnance between his stated beliefs and his actual behavior.

Advanced Usage

• "Repugnance to": Used to indicate what the feeling of disgust is directed toward.
  • His repugnance to violence made him a pacifist.
• In formal logic or philosophy, repugnance can describe the logical impossibility of two statements being true simultaneously.

Variants and Related Words

• Repugnant (adjective): Causing a feeling of strong dislike or disgust.
  • The idea of cheating was repugnant to her.
• Repugnancy (noun): A less common variant with the same meaning as .

Synonyms

• Aversion: A strong dislike or disinclination.
• Disgust: A feeling of revulsion or profound disapproval.
• Revulsion: A sense of utter distaste or loathing.
• Abhorrence: A feeling of extreme hatred or disgust.
• Antipathy: A deep-seated feeling of dislike.

Antonyms

• Attraction
• Fondness
• Affinity
• Delight

Related Phrases

• Moral repugnance: A feeling of disgust based on ethical or moral principles.
  • The practice was banned due to widespread moral repugnance.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
2. intense aversion

Từ đồng nghĩa

• incompatibility
• mutual exclusiveness
• inconsistency
• repulsion
• revulsion
• horror