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repulsion
[ ri-puhl-shuhn ]
repulsion
/ rɪˈpʌlʃən /
noun
- a feeling of disgust or aversion
- physics a force tending to separate two objects, such as the force between two like electric charges or magnetic poles
Other Words From
- inter·re·pulsion noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of repulsion1
Example Sentences
I hate sleeping in other people’s beds and can’t fathom spending all day with a man without developing at least one repulsion to him.
For Tinashe, the incongruity of being the kind of person who has their Zoom camera off a day after they sang about seduction, repulsion and red flags in front of thousands seems the entire point.
In this case, the presumption is that most voters share Trump's repulsion for "impure" people whose gender or race falls outside rigid boundaries he has defined for them.
By the donor doping of large W6+, this material can take up more water to increase its proton concentration, as well as reduce the proton trapping through electrostatic repulsion between the dopant and proton.
In addition to the signal that promotes attraction between individuals, Mizuta and her colleagues were also surprised to find a repulsion signal.
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