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the revulsion
noun
Abhorrence, a sense of loathing, intense aversion, repugnance, repulsion, horror
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Why the revulsion at this word?
Even on the patriotic home front, the revulsion was widespread.
Clearly, the revulsion is growing among ordinary Americans.
The revulsion got my heart racing, my blood pumping.
Thus also the revulsion at American bases in Saudi Arabia.
The controversies would be constant, the revulsion unendurable".
Though available technology can minimalize health risks, a psychological barrier (the "revulsion factor") must be surmounted.
The more certain it becomes, the greater will be the disbelief – and the revulsion.
The revulsion we still feel when women rather than men commit murders became revulsion squared.
The fascination that had always been lurking swelled up, perhaps at the expense of the revulsion.
These incidents are certainly horrific, but the revulsion they evoke seems more instinctual than rational.
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