revulsion
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ʃən 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 (rɪˈvʌlʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a sudden and unpleasant violent reaction in feeling, esp one of extreme loathing |
| 2. | the act or an instance of drawing back or recoiling from something |
| 3. | obsolete the diversion of disease or congestion from one part of the body to another by cupping, counterirritants, etc |
| [C16: from Latin revulsiō a pulling away, from revellere, from | |
| re'vulsionary | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
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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Example sentences
But moral revulsion doesn't suggest an intelligent course of action.
The revulsion at this inconceivable brutality caused an extraordinary intellectual change.
Part of my revulsion against the concept of sustainability is that it has been hijacked by environmentalism.
Both of the boys ultimately drank the mixture despite their revulsion.
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