repugnance
Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpʌɡnəns/
The English word “repugnance” has 2 meanings listed here.
noun
- Extreme aversion, repulsion.
- Contradiction, inconsistency, incompatibility, incongruity; an instance of such.
Etymology
From Middle English repugnance, repugnaunce, from Old French repugnance, repugnaunce (French répugnance) and its etymon Latin repugnantia. Doublet of repugnancy.
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