revulsion
See also: révulsion
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
French révulsion, Latin revulsio.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
revulsion (usually uncountable, plural revulsions)
- Abhorrence, a sense of loathing, intense aversion, repugnance, repulsion, horror.
- A sudden violent feeling of disgust.
- (medicine) The treatment of one diseased area by acting elsewhere; counterirritation.
- (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 […]
- 1643, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici
- (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.
TranslationsEdit
abhorrence, a sense of loathing, intense aversion, repugnance, repulsion, horror
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sudden violent feeling of disgust
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treatment of one diseased area by acting elsewhere; counterirritation
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