repulsion

[ri-puhl-shuhn]

noun

1. the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.

2. the feeling of being repelled, as by the thought or presence of something; distaste, repugnance, or aversion.

3. Physics.,  the force that acts between bodies of like electric charge or magnetic polarity, tending to separate them.

repulsion

/ rɪˈpʌlʃən /

noun

1. a feeling of disgust or aversion

2. physics a force tending to separate two objects, such as the force between two like electric charges or magnetic poles

Other Word Forms

• interrepulsion noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of repulsion¹

1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French < Medieval Latin repulsiōn- (stem of Late Latin repulsiō ), equivalent to Latin repuls ( us ) ( repulse ) + -iōn- -ion