repulsion
noun
repulsions
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pluralof repulsion.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Ms. Dixon often seesaws between a work’s attractions and its repulsions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
This is the pull exerted on a specific electron by the nucleus, taking into account any electron–electron repulsions.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
We can also learn how to get over our repulsions.
From The Verge ● May 9, 2018
Mr. Hastings writes incisively about the attractions and repulsions of the new media gossip.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2014
Perhaps the chief of these was the violence of the affinities and repulsions that broke forth from him towards every personality with whom he came into any, even the slightest, contact.
From Mad Shepherds and Other Human Studies by L. P. Jacks
