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noun
1.
a strong feeling of repugnance, distaste, or dislike: Cruelty fills me with revulsion.
2.
a sudden and violent change of feeling or response in sentiment, taste, etc.
3.
the act of drawing something back or away.
4.
the fact of being so drawn.
5.
Medicine/Medical. the diminution of morbid action in one part of the body by irritation in another.
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Revulsion
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| the innermost digit of the forelimb; thumb. |
| the tongue. |
Example Sentences
- Two other performance artists eat bars of soap with knives and forks as a symbol of revulsion.
- Over the past twenty years or so, there has been a revulsion from authority and discipline.
- Yet this revulsion was often followed by critical appraisal, and then grudging and partial acceptance.
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revulsion
1540s, as a medical term, from L. revulsionem (nom. revulsio) "act of pulling away," from revulsus, pp. of revellere "to pull away," from re- "away" + vellere "to tear, pull." The meaning "sudden reaction of disgust" is first attested 1816.
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Medical Dictionary
revulsion re·vul·sion (rĭ-vŭl'shən)
n.
A sudden, strong change or reaction in feeling, especially a feeling of violent disgust or loathing.
Counterirritation used to reduce inflammation or increase the blood supply to an affected area.
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