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 because larger nuclei have more proton-proton repulsions, and require larger numbers of neutrons to provide compensating strong forces to overcome these electrostatic repulsions and hold the nucleus together.
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
His sympathies and antipathies, his affinities and repulsions, are Prussian.
From German Problems and Personalities by Charles Saroléa
