Repugnancy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɹɪˈpʌɡnənsi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Repugnancy is a noun meaning The quality of being repugnant: offensiveness, repulsion.
Meaning
The quality of being repugnant: offensiveness, repulsion.
More Meanings
- The quality of being repugnant: (logical) opposition, contradiction, incompatibility.
- (archaic) Resistance, fighting back.
Example Sentences
The first man, Adam, experienced no kind of repugnancy between the divine justice and the divine mercy.
Even Pennant, with all his repugnancy to the toad, could not be induced to favour the popular belief in its poisonous character.
Why do fond men expoſe themſelues to Battell, And not endure all threats? Sleep vpon’t, And let the Foes quietly cut their Throats Without repugnancy?
[…] howsoever nature dictates, that government is necessary for the safety of the society, yet every singular person, by corruption and selfe-love, hath a naturall aversenesse and repugnancie to submit to any; every man would be a King himselfe […]
Word Forms
- repugnancies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include repugnantness, repulsiveness, repellingness, repulsion, objectionableness, revoltingness.
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