Repulsion is a strong feeling of dislike or disgust toward something. In science, it also means a force that pushes objects away from each other.
From Latin *repellere* meaning 'to drive back', which gave French *répulsion* and then English *repulsion*. The emotional sense grew from the physical idea of pushing something away.
Your stomach turning at a bad smell and magnets pushing apart are both versions of repulsion—your body and the magnets are saying, 'keep away.' It's one of those rare words that works almost identically in physics and in feelings.
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