repulsion
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plural
repulsions
plural
repulsions
Britannica Dictionary definition of REPULSION
1
:
a feeling of strong dislike or disgust
[noncount]
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I read about what happened with a feeling of shock and repulsion.
[singular]
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She felt a repulsion for politics.
2
physics
:
a force that pushes something away from something else
—
opposite attraction
[noncount]
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magnetic repulsion
[count]
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a repulsion between the particles
3
[noncount]
:
the act of pushing someone or something away
:
the act of repulsing something or someone
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their successful repulsion of the attack/attackers
