repulsion

noun
🔊/rɪˈpʌlʃn/
🔊/rɪˈpʌlʃn/
[uncountable]
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  1. a feeling of very strong dislike of something that you find extremely unpleasant嫌恶感;强烈的反感;憎恶Topics Preferences and decisionsc2
  2. (physics物理) the force by which objects tend to push each other away排斥力;斥力
    • the forces of attraction and repulsion引力和斥力
  3. see also repel compare attraction
    Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin repulsio(n-), from repellere ‘drive back’, from re- ‘back’ + pellere ‘to drive’.