Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

repugnance

/ɹɪˈpʌɡnəns/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables: re-pug-nance
IPA: /ɹɪˈpʌɡnəns/

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Extreme aversion, repulsion.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Contradiction, inconsistency, incompatibility, incongruity; an instance of such.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"moral repugnance"
"sense of repugnance"
"express repugnance"
"She felt a deep repugnance toward violence."
"He showed open repugnance at the suggestion."
"[T]o make a falſe poſition paſſe for true, and to perſwade the belief thereof, there cannot be any thing produced but fallacies, Sophiſms, Paralogiſmes, Equivocations, and Diſcourſes vain, inconſiſtant, and full of repugnances and contradictions."

Etymology

From Middle English repugnance, repugnaunce, from Old French repugnance, repugnaunce (French répugnance) and its etymon Latin repugnantia. Doublet of repugnancy.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *pewǵ-, repugnance,repugnaunce, repugnantia

Usage

Inflected Forms

repugnances (plural) repugnaunce (alternative, obsolete)

Frequently Paired Words

repugnancy

Synonyms

repulsion revulsion horror incompatibility mutual exclusiveness inconsistency

Questions

How do you pronounce repugnance?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪˈpʌɡnəns/.
What does repugnance mean?: Extreme aversion, repulsion.
Where does repugnance come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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