repugnance — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Extreme aversion, repulsion.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   moral repugnance

   sense of repugnance

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   express repugnance

   She felt a deep repugnance toward violence.

   He showed open repugnance at the suggestion.

2. Contradiction, inconsistency, incompatibility, incongruity; an instance of such.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

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   [T]o make a falſe poſition paſſe for true, and to perſwade the belief thereof, there cannot be any thing produced but fallacies, Sophiſms, Paralogiſmes, Equivocations, and Diſcourſes vain, inconſiſtant, and full of repugnances and contradictions.

Noun

1. intense aversion

   Synonyms

   repulsionrevulsionhorror

   Broader terms

   disgust

2. the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time

   Synonyms

   incompatibilitymutual exclusivenessinconsistency

   Broader terms

   contradictoriness