repulsion

Or they could simply be arresting abstractions in a sculpture that sits aesthetically between formal attraction and repulsion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

At the time, watching these videos didn’t elicit nausea or repulsion in Jemima—they came across as amusing.

From Slate ● May 12, 2026

Polling data backs up this anecdotal display of repulsion towards racist violence.

From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2026

When people comment on them, I sometimes can’t tell if it’s out of admiration or a vague yet inquisitive repulsion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2025

Even in regions where there were more matter particles than average, the gravitational attraction of the matter would have been outweighed by the repulsion of the effective cosmological constant.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

If the distance between the nuclei were to decrease further, the repulsions between nuclei and the repulsions as electrons are confined in closer proximity to each other would become stronger than the attractive forces.

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019

We can also learn how to get over our repulsions.

From The Verge ● May 9, 2018

Mr. Hastings writes incisively about the attractions and repulsions of the new media gossip.

From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2014

Strong repulsions at pH values of 4 and 11 but not at pH 7 indicate that the neuraminidase-like domain acts as an electrostatic lock that opens at high or low pH values.

From Nature ● Apr. 4, 2014

They are continually and inevitably subjected to the same attractions and repulsions and have no means to withstand them.

From Morals and the Evolution of Man by Nordau, Max Simon