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What does repulsion mean?

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Noun
  1. The act of repelling or the condition of being repelled.
  2. An extreme dislike of something, or hostility to something.
  3. (physics) The repulsive force acting between bodies of the same electric charge or magnetic polarity.
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Michael watched in repulsion as all five of them slowly raised their hands.
We respond to Oedipus' plight, which includes his own feelings of repulsion about incest, an evaluation which we may share.
In this work, Geers has plastered a wall with broken green glass bottles stuck in cement in an aggressive statement of repulsion.
Even so, the very thought of such self-inflicted personal injury leaves many people with a sense of disbelief and repulsion.
I do not have a moral repulsion to this disturbing choice made by the film-makers.
The fans are filled with repulsion for everybody concerned, and feel excluded from what negotiation has taken place.

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