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n. - Intense aversion. A strong feeling of dislike for something. The relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time.

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  • We also recognize the moral repugnance that many have with the killing of animals for food.
  • They remain current because they are potent illustrations of where racism leads; their ugliness, their repugnance, is manifest.
  • Worse than the sting of her repugnance was the thought that
  • DoubleIvy: I'm not sure if you can say that he has an open "repugnance" ...
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