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Repugnancy vs Antipathy - What's the difference?

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Repugnancy is a related term of antipathy.


As nouns the difference between repugnancy and antipathy

is that repugnancy is the quality or property of being repugnant while antipathy is contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste.

repugnancy

English

Noun

  • The quality or property of being repugnant.
    • Let the foes quietly cut their throats, / Without repugnancy . — Shakespeare.

    antipathy

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (antipathies)
  • Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste.
  • * Inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachments to others, are to be avoided. --Washington.
  • Natural contrariety; incompatibility; repugnancy of qualities; as, oil and water have antipathy.
  • * A habit is generated of thinking that a natural antipathy exists between hope and reason. --I. Taylor.

    • Usage notes

    * Prepositions: "antipathy" is followed by "to", "against", or "between"; also sometimes by "for".

    Synonyms

    * hatred, aversion, dislike, disgust, distaste, enmity, ill will, repugnance, contrariety, opposition

    Antonyms

    * sympathy

    Related terms

    * antipathetic * antipathetical

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