| 释义 |
self-reˈpugnance Now rare.
[self- 1 d.]
Self-contradictory quality or character. So self-reˈpugnancy; self-reˈpugnant a., self-contradictory.
1649Milton Tenure Kings 5 The ignorance or the notorious hypocrisie and *selfe-repugnance of our dancing Divines.
1674Boyle Corpusc. Philos. 16 They..have recourse to agents, which..involve no *self-repugnancy in their very notions, as many of the judicious think substantial forms and real qualities do.
1701Norris Ideal World i. vi. 339 For necessary truth to be the effect of God is a most inconsistent *self-repugnant notion. 1835Browning Paracelsus i. 398 An arbitrary, self-repugnant scheme. 1836–7Sir W. Hamilton Metaph. xii. (1859) I. 218 This, at first sight, may appear like paradox: I trust you will soon admit that the counter doctrine is self-repugnant. |