Repugnance (Noun)
Meaning 1
Intense aversion.
Classification
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions.
Examples
- She felt a deep repugnance towards the idea of harming animals for scientific research.
- The smell of rotting garbage filled him with such repugnance that he couldn't bear to be near it.
- His repugnance for spiders was so intense that he would run out of the room at the mere sight of one.
- The thought of eating insects evoked a strong repugnance in her, despite their supposed nutritional benefits.
- The graphic details of the crime scene filled the detective with a sense of repugnance that lingered long after the case was closed.
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Meaning 2
The relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time.
Classification
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas.