Revulsion

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     2. A sudden reaction; a sudden and complete change; --
        applied to the feelings.
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              A sudden and violent revulsion of feeling, both in
              the Parliament and the country, followed.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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     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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  revulsion
       n : intense aversion [syn: {repugnance}, {repulsion}, {horror}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  113 Moby Thesaurus words for "revulsion":
     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