repulsion
noun
re·pul·sion
ri-ˈpəl-shən 
2
: the action of repelling : the force with which bodies, particles, or like forces repel one another
3
: a feeling of aversion : repugnance
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Examples of repulsion in a Sentence
I read about what happened with a feeling of shock and repulsion.
She felt a repulsion for politics.
a repulsion between the particles
their successful repulsion of the attack
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2024
The two share a dance of desire and repulsion for nearly three hours as Lee wrestles with drug addiction and heroin withdrawal, and eventually brings Gene along on a wild goose chase through South America to seek out yagé, more commonly known as ayahuasca.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 12 Sep. 2024
Not to mention friction, drag and heat, as the train effectively floats in the air, touching nothing at all, powered and levitated by magnetic repulsion.
—New Atlas, 9 Aug. 2024
In atoms, as this law forces additional electrons to go into higher- and higher-energy states (also called orbitals), the kinetic energy often ends up being more important than the electron-electron repulsion.
—Douglas Natelson, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
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“Repulsion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repulsion. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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repulsion
noun
re·pul·sion
ri-ˈpəl-shən
1
: the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed
2
: the force with which bodies, particles, or like forces repel one another
3
: a feeling of great dislike : repugnance
Medical Definition
repulsion
noun
re·pul·sion
ri-ˈpəl-shən
: the tendency of some linked genetic characters to be inherited separately because a dominant allele for each character occurs on the same chromosome as a recessive allele of the other compare coupling sense 2
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