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
There is no simple method to predict the exceptions for atoms where the magnitude of the repulsions between electrons is greater than the small differences in energy between subshells.
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
Starting from the discovery of Oersted, the celebrated French philosopher had shown that all the phenomena of magnetism then known might be reduced to the mutual attractions and repulsions of electric currents.
From Little Masterpieces of Science: Invention and Discovery by George Iles
