repugnance C2 Topic:Mind & Cognition US /ɹɪˈpʌɡnəns/ See IPA manual Freq #90747 Meanings 1 noun Extreme aversion, repulsion. She felt a deep repugnance toward violence. 2 noun Contradiction, inconsistency, incompatibility, incongruity; an instance of such. [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. 3 noun intense aversion 4 noun the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time Thesaurus Synonyms 3 noun · intense aversion repulsion 4 noun · the relation between... incompatibility Word family Related forms repugnancy Etymology From Middle English repugnance, repugnaunce, from Old French repugnance, repugnaunce (French répugnance) and its etymon Latin repugnantia. Doublet of repugnancy. Topics Mind & Cognition External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # repugnance **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɹɪˈpʌɡnəns/ **Frequency rank:** 90747 ## Meanings 1. Extreme aversion, repulsion. 2. Contradiction, inconsistency, incompatibility, incongruity; an instance of such. 3. intense aversion 4. the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time ## Examples - She felt a deep repugnance toward violence. - [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. ## Related Forms - repugnancy ## Etymology From Middle English repugnance, repugnaunce, from Old French repugnance, repugnaunce (French répugnance) and its etymon Latin repugnantia. Doublet of repugnancy. ## Topics - Mind & Cognition markdown