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repugnance

[ri-puhg-nuhns] / rɪˈpʌg nəns /


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Repugnance, he laments, tilts the political playing field against ideas that unlock the gains from trade.

From Economist • Feb. 22, 2018

Dowling raised it to a maturity rite by pronouncing as follows: "Repugnance to tax collectors is a persistent infantilism."

From Time Magazine Archive

Repugnance, dread, scruples—these were dim as remembered pains, while she was already tasting relief under the immediate pain of hopelessness.

From Daniel Deronda by Eliot, George

Next she’s in my life— The second stage of the fever—as dislike, Repugnance, and I wish her out of sight, Out of my life.

From Domesday Book by Masters, Edgar Lee

Repugnance applies to that which one feels himself summoned or impelled to do or to endure, and from which he instinctively draws back.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin




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