repulsion
noun /rɪˈpʌlʃn/
/rɪˈpʌlʃn/
[uncountable]- a feeling of very strong dislike of something that you find extremely unpleasantTopics Preferences and decisionsc2
- (physics) the force by which objects tend to push each other away
- the forces of attraction and repulsion
see also repel compare attraction
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin repulsio(n-), from repellere ‘drive back’, from re- ‘back’ + pellere ‘to drive’.