revulsion

See also: révulsion

English

Etymology

French révulsion, Latin revulsio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈvʌlʃən/, /ɹəvʌˈlʃən/

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• Hyphenation: re‧vul‧sion

Noun

revulsion (usually uncountable, plural revulsions)

1. Abhorrence, a sense of loathing, intense aversion, repugnance, repulsion, horror.
2. A sudden violent feeling of disgust.
3. (medicine) The treatment of one diseased area by acting elsewhere; counterirritation.
4. (obsolete) A strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal.
   • 1643, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici

     Revulsions and pull-backs.

   • 1858, “Our Window”, in Emerson's Magazine and Putnam's Monthly‎^[1], volume 6, page 329:

     The recent financial revulsion has revealed the feeble basis on which credit now stands […]

5. (obsolete) A sudden reaction; a sudden and complete change of the feelings.
   • 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 1, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323:

     A sudden and violent revulsion of feeling, both in the Parliament and the country, followed.

Translations

abhorrence, a sense of loathing, intense aversion, repugnance, repulsion, horror

• Finnish: inho (fi)
• Georgian: ზიზღი (zizɣi)
• German: Abscheu (de) m or f, Widerwille (de) m

• Italian: ripulsione f
• Plautdietsch: Jegrusel n
• Portuguese: revulsão f
• Russian: отвраще́ние (ru) n (otvraščénije)

sudden violent feeling of disgust

• Dutch: aversie (nl)
• Finnish: inho (fi)
• German: Ekel (de) m, Ekelgefühl n

• Italian: ripulsione f
• Portuguese: revulsão f
• Russian: отвраще́ние (ru) n (otvraščénije)

treatment of one diseased area by acting elsewhere; counterirritation

• German: Ableitung (de) f, Revulsio f
• Italian: revulsione f

• Portuguese: revulsão f

See also

• revulsive