repugnancy
repugnancy · repugnancies
The quality of being repugnant: offensiveness, repulsionThe quality of being repugnant: offensiveness, repulsion.
/ɹɪˈpʌɡnənsi/
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)The quality of being repugnant: offensiveness, repulsion.
(countable, uncountable)The quality of being repugnant: (logical) opposition, contradiction, incompatibility.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)Resistance, fighting back.
Origin
From Middle English repugnancie, from Latin repugnantia. By surface analysis, repugnant +From Middle English repugnancie, from Latin repugnantia. By surface analysis, repugnant + -cy. Doublet of repugnance.
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Forms
plural: repugnancies| Singular | repugnancy |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedrepugnance
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable