REPUGNANCY

Etymology

Noun

repugnancy (countable and uncountable, plural repugnancies)

The quality of being repugnant: offensiveness, repulsion.

The quality of being repugnant: (logical) opposition, contradiction, incompatibility.

(archaic) Resistance, fighting back.

Source: Wiktionary

Re*pug"nance, Re*pug"nan*cy, n. Etym: [F. répugnance, L. repugnantia.]

Definition: The state or condition of being repugnant; opposition; contrariety; especially, a strong instinctive antagonism; aversion; reluctance; unwillingness, as of mind, passions, principles, qualities, and the like. That which causes us to lose most of our time is the repugnance which we naturally have to labor. Dryden. Let the foes quietly cut their throats, Without repugnancy. Shak.

Syn.

– Aversion; reluctance; unwillingness; dislike; antipathy; hatred; hostility; irreconcilableness; contrariety; inconsistency. See Dislike.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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