repulsion
pronunciation
How to pronounce repulsion in British English:
UK [rɪˈpʌlʃn]
How to pronounce repulsion in American English:
US [rɪˈpʌlʃən]
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- Noun:
- the force by which bodies repel one another
- intense aversion
- the act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand
Word Origin
- repulsion (n.)
- early 15c., "repudiation," from Late Latin repulsionem (nominative repulsio) "a repelling," noun of action from past participle stem of repellere (see repel). Meaning "action of forcing or driving back" is attested from 1540s. Sense of "strong dislike" is from 1751.
Example
- 1. The repulsion was so intense that it tainted unrelated objects .
- 2. In some fundamentalist circles , and among the terrorists , western culture evokes repulsion , not attraction .
- 3. That repulsion response evolved to help us avoid ingesting things that are potentially dangerous .
- 4. To kant we owe the completed theory of matter as the unity of repulsion and attraction .
- 5. Like poles repel , and the repulsion between the two fields is strong enough to make the metal distort .