Repulsion Meaning
/ɹɪˈpʌlʃən/Definition, CEFR level C2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of repelling or the condition of being repelled.
nounAn extreme dislike of something, or hostility to something.
Sentence Examples
He felt a sudden and strong sense of repulsion toward the guy.
Magnetic repulsion keeps the two objects from touching each other.
He felt a wave of repulsion at the sight of the decay.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
In physics, the force that pushes two magnets apart is called ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She felt a wave of ____ when she discovered what had been done to the animals at the facility.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from Middle French répulsion, from Late Latin repulsio, repulsionem, from Latin repulsus.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion[…] such talk had been distressingly out of place."
— 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
In physics, the force that pushes two magnets apart is called ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She felt a wave of ____ when she discovered what had been done to the animals at the facility.