Revulsion
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| + | "To name a [[sensibility]], to draw its contours and to recount its history, requires a deep [[sympathy]] modified by [[revulsion]]." --"[[Notes on Camp]]" (1964) by Susan Sontag | ||
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| *[[Abhorrence]], a sense of [[loathing]], intense [[aversion]], [[repugnance]], [[repulsion]], [[horror]] | *[[Abhorrence]], a sense of [[loathing]], intense [[aversion]], [[repugnance]], [[repulsion]], [[horror]] | ||
| *A sudden violent feeling of [[disgust]]. | *A sudden violent feeling of [[disgust]]. | ||
| - | **"To name a [[sensibility]], to draw its contours and to recount its history, requires a deep [[sympathy]] modified by [[revulsion]]." --Susan Sontag, ''[[Notes on Camp]]'', 1964 | + | ==Etymology== |
| + | French ''révulsion'', Latin ''revulsio'', from revuls- ‘torn out’, from the verb ''[[revellere]]'' (from re- ‘back’ + vellere ‘pull’). revulsion (sense 1) dates from the early 19th century. | ||
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| *[[Disgust]] | *[[Disgust]] | ||
| *[[Revolting]] | *[[Revolting]] | ||
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- Abhorrence, a sense of loathing, intense aversion, repugnance, repulsion, horror
- A sudden violent feeling of disgust.
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Etymology
French révulsion, Latin revulsio, from revuls- ‘torn out’, from the verb revellere (from re- ‘back’ + vellere ‘pull’). revulsion (sense 1) dates from the early 19th century.
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