'Revulsion' definitions:
Definition of 'revulsion'
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noun
Definition of 'Revulsion'
From: GCIDE
- Revulsion \Re*vul"sion\, n. [F. r['e]vulsion, L. revulsio, fr. revellere, revulsum, to pluck or pull away; pref. re- re- + vellere to pull. Cf. Convulse.]
- 1. A strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal. "Revulsions and pullbacks." --SSir T. Brovne. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A sudden reaction; a sudden and complete change; -- applied to the feelings. [1913 Webster]
- A sudden and violent revulsion of feeling, both in the Parliament and the country, followed. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Med.) The act of turning or diverting any disease from one part of the body to another. It resembles derivation, but is usually applied to a more active form of counter irritation. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'revulsion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abhorrence,
- abomination,
- about-face,
- action and reaction,
- answer,
- antipathy,
- automatic reaction,
- autonomic reaction,
- aversion,
- backing,
- backsliding,
- bloodless revolution,
- bouleversement,
- bounceback,
- breakdown,
- breakup,
- cataclysm,
- catastrophe,
- clean slate,
- clean sweep,
- computer revolution,
- convulsion,
- counterrevolution,
- debacle,
- detestation,
- disenchantment,
- disgust,
- echo,
- ectropion,
- eversion,
- execration,
- flip-flop,
- hate,
- hatred,
- horror,
- introversion,
- intussusception,
- invagination,
- inversion,
- lapse,
- loathing,
- odium,
- overthrow,
- overturn,
- palace revolution,
- predictable response,
- pronation,
- radical change,
- reaction,
- recidivation,
- recidivism,
- reclamation,
- reconversion,
- reflection,
- reflex,
- reflex action,
- refluence,
- reflux,
- regress,
- regression,
- rehabilitation,
- reinstatement,
- relapse,
- reply,
- repugnance,
- repulsion,
- respondence,
- response,
- restitution,
- restoration,
- resupination,
- retroaction,
- retrocession,
- retroflexion,
- retrogradation,
- retrogression,
- retroversion,
- return,
- returning,
- reverberation,
- reversal,
- reverse,
- reversing,
- reversion,
- reverting,
- revolt,
- revolution,
- revolutionary war,
- rise,
- slipping back,
- spasm,
- striking alteration,
- subversion,
- supination,
- sweeping change,
- tabula rasa,
- technological revolution,
- topsy-turviness,
- topsy-turvydom,
- total change,
- transilience,
- transposal,
- transposition,
- turn,
- turnabout,
- turning back,
- turning backwards,
- turning inside out,
- turning inward,
- turning over,
- unthinking response,
- upset,
- violent change