revulsion

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re·vul·sion | \ ri-ˈvəl-shən

Definition of revulsion

1 : a strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal

2a : a sudden or strong reaction or change

b : a sense of utter distaste or repugnance

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She was struck with revulsion at the sight of the dead animal. a growing revulsion to war

Recent Examples on the Web There’s trepidation—and even a bit of revulsion—to meat grown in a lab. — Jenny Splitter / Photography Kelsey Mcclellan, Popular Mechanics, "Please Don't Call This Cultured Nugget "Lab Meat"," 20 Dec. 2019 Later in his career, his revulsion for speculative trading turned him into a regulatory hawk and a scourge of Wall Street. — Roger Lowenstein, Washington Post, "How Paul Volcker beat inflation and saved an independent Fed," 10 Dec. 2019 Merkel met with a small group in the upper chambers and talked about the complex feelings of revulsion and shame the attack had prompted. — Arne Delfs, Bloomberg.com, "Merkel in Auschwitz Offers a Stern Warning to a Divided World," 6 Dec. 2019 People naturally search for terms that not only convey the political aspect of the killings, but more fully express their revulsion and horror towards the event itself. — Matt Ford, The New Republic, "The NRA Is Not a Domestic Terrorist Organization," 17 Sep. 2019 The memoirs of former Obama aides follow a similar pattern in reckoning with the catastrophe in Syria: the aides discuss their revulsion at the slaughter and their desire to use American power to ameliorate it. — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, "The Moral Logic of Humanitarian Intervention," 9 Sep. 2019 Conservative members of Congress may feel an inherent revulsion to relying on a government solution to regulate a thriving private industry. — Jessica Sagers, STAT, "Booker-Sanders-Harris drug affordability bureau could be brilliant," 18 Nov. 2019 Given their revulsion for the incumbent, many attendees expressed gratitude that Mr. Biden was running for president. — Mark Leibovich, New York Times, "Does Joe Biden Want to Be Doing This?," 31 July 2019 Just as viewers responded to the first Cats trailer, which dropped in July, with a mixture of revulsion and panic, social media blew up this week once again, spewing the digital equivalent of hairballs. — Jenny Singer, Glamour, "Why Is the Cats Trailer So Upsetting? An Investigation," 21 Nov. 2019

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“Revulsion.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revulsion. Accessed 21 January 2020.

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revulsion

noun