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Meaning of "repugnancy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF REPUGNANCY

repugnancy  [rɪˈpʌɡnənsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REPUGNANCY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Repugnancy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REPUGNANCY


benignancy
bɪˈnɪɡnənsɪ
consonancy
ˈkɒnsənənsɪ
dissonancy
ˈdɪsənənsɪ
dominancy
ˈdɒmɪnənsɪ
impertinency
ɪmˈpɜːtɪnənsɪ
incontinency
ɪnˈkɒntɪnənsɪ
lieutenancy
lɛfˈtɛnənsɪ
malignancy
məˈlɪɡnənsɪ
oppugnancy
əˈpʌɡnənsɪ
permanency
ˈpɜːmənənsɪ
pernancy
ˈpɜːnənsɪ
pertinency
ˈpɜːtɪnənsɪ
pregnancy
ˈprɛɡnənsɪ
prevenancy
ˈprevənənsɪ
prominency
ˈprɒmɪnənsɪ
pseudopregnancy
ˈsjuːdəʊˌprɛɡnənsɪ
regnancy
ˈrɛɡnənsɪ
stagnancy
ˈstæɡnənsɪ
tenancy
ˈtɛnənsɪ
undertenancy
ˈʌndəˌtɛnənsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REPUGNANCY

republish
republisher
repudiable
repudiate
repudiation
repudiationist
repudiative
repudiator
repugn
repugnance
repugnant
repugnantly
repulp
repulse
repulser
repulsion
repulsive
repulsively
repulsiveness
repump

WORDS THAT END LIKE REPUGNANCY

Anancy
assured tenancy
concernancy
cotenancy
ectopic pregnancy
false pregnancy
fancy
fixed-term tenancy
life tenancy
nancy
periodic tenancy
phantom pregnancy
poignancy
predominancy
regulated tenancy
secure tenancy
shorthold tenancy
sonancy
sublieutenancy
subordinancy
subtenancy

Synonyms and antonyms of repugnancy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «repugnancy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF REPUGNANCY

Find out the translation of repugnancy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of repugnancy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «repugnancy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

repugnancy
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

repugnancy
570 millions of speakers

English

repugnancy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उस विरोध
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

repugnancy
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

repugnancy
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

repugnância
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিরুদ্ধতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

incompatibilité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kejahatan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

repugnancy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

repugnancy
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

repugnancy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Repugnancy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

repugnancy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

repugnancy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रतिकारशक्ती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

repugnancy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ripugnanza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

repugnancy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

repugnancy
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

repugnă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

repugnancy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

strydig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

repugnancy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

repugnancy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of repugnancy

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REPUGNANCY»

The term «repugnancy» is normally little used and occupies the 137.195 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «REPUGNANCY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «repugnancy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «repugnancy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about repugnancy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REPUGNANCY»

Discover the use of repugnancy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to repugnancy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Future of Tradition: Customary Law, Common Law and Legal ...
application of the repugnancy rule can also be seen – shorn of its imposed aspect – in more everyday terms as part of the complex legal situations that continually arise, irrespective of reception and irrespective of reference to customary law.
Leon Shaskolsky Sheleff, 2013
2
Imperialism and Human Rights: Colonial Discourses of Rights ...
On the basis of the repugnancy doctrine, the colonial courts were able to whittle off rules of customary law that had been judged "uncivilized" or "inhuman," according to prevailing British standards and values. One of the earliest and most  ...
Bonny Ibhawoh, 2008
3
The Constitution of New South Wales
Sections 2 and 3 then set out the rules concerning repugnancy as follows: 2. Any colonial law which is or shall be in any respect repugnant to the provisions of any Act of Parliament extending to the colony to which such law may relate, ...
Anne Twomey, 2004
4
Introduction to the Constitution of India
State legislates on a subject in the Union list the Ultra vires and , Repugnancy- resultant Act would be ultra vires and consequently void. Repugnancy refers to inconsistency. If the law made by a State on a subject belonging to the Concurrent ...
Sharma, Sharma B.k., 2007
5
Native Liberty, Crown Sovereignty: The Existing Aboriginal ...
In this way the doctrine of repugnancy effectively pre-empted the more fundamental and preliminary issue of constitutional capacity. The crucial enquiry should have been to identify the royal commissions investing the colonial government with ...
Bruce A. Clark, 1992
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A New Law Dictionary and Institute of the Whole Law: For the ...
In the case of a devise in fee, witb a condition (being a mere condition) that no wife should have dower or husband curtesy out of the estate devised, the condition would be void for repugnancy. Again (3.) In the case of a feoffment in fee, with a ...
Archibald Brown, 2005
7
The Future of African Customary Law
Repugnancy to Justice and Morality African customary law may apply only if it is not repugnant to justice and morality. this condition, popularly referred to as the “ repugnancy clause,” is intended to exclude the applicability of customary norms ...
Jeanmarie Fenrich, Paolo Galizzi, Tracy E. Higgins, 2011
8
Imperial Justice: Africans in Empire's Court
Administrators and judicial officials at every level of the colonial legal system struggled with the scope and meaning of the repugnancy doctrine but applied it nonetheless. Chief Justice Edwin Speed of Nigeria noted in 1908 that although it  ...
Bonny Ibhawoh, 2013
9
Interpretation Of Statutes
The test of repugnancy as laid down in the foregoing cases was elaborated in State of Orissa v. M.A. Tulloch and Co.,1 in the following words although the case did not involve a dispute in concurrent list: "Repugnancy arises when two ...
Kafaltiya A.B., 2008
10
Protecting the Human Rights of Women by Re-conceiving the ...
This paper focuses on the impact of the judicial interpretation of the Repugnancy Doctrine on the human rights of Nigerian women.
Onyema Oluebube Afulukwe, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REPUGNANCY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term repugnancy is used in the context of the following news items.
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Why Modi government's plan to allow states to legislate on land …
That is known as the “doctrine of repugnancy” and is covered by Article 254 of the constitution. The Supreme Court has been quick to strike down state laws that ... «Scroll.in, Jul 15»
2
Guyana – CJ rules Jagdeo can run again
... non-compliance with Article 164 (2) (a) and/or repugnancy with Article 1 (democratic society) and Artic ale 9 (sovereignty belongs to the people) both of which ... «Barbados Today, Jul 15»
3
15% of Americans Now Think It's Morally Okay to Clone Human …
Since 2001, cloning humans has seen an increase of eight points; and suicide, a six-point gain. Still, each of these items retains its essence of moral repugnancy ... «LifeNews.com, Jun 15»
4
University Of Dallas Student Demands School's President Apologize …
... with, 'Bless you, Sarah, congratulations on all your abortions,' you don't simply change the channel, you take to the public square to condemn the repugnancy. «NewNowNext, May 15»
5
'Land pooling concept constitutional'
D. Prakash Reddy, senior counsel appearing for the petitioners, referred to various provisions of the CRDA Act which are covered by 'repugnancy' factor. «The Hindu, Apr 15»
6
North Korea Clamps Down on Foreign Aid Groups
... anti-DPRK propaganda abroad with photos and videos about the DPRK she secretly produced and directed, out of inveterate repugnancy toward the DPRK.”. «The Diplomat, Apr 15»
7
North Korea says American deported for "plot-breeding"
... the pretense of 'humanitarianism,'" but she had secretly produced and directed anti-North Korean videos and photos because of her "inveterate repugnancy" ... «CBS News, Apr 15»
8
Arvind Kejriwal's Janlokpal Bill to go into cold storage even if passed …
But it will be fruitless as to become a law, it would need presidential assent for which the Bill will come to MHA where it will be vetted for repugnancy with central ... «Economic Times, Feb 15»
9
Judicial Restraint, (At Least) As Old as Judicial...
The question, whether a law be void for its repugnancy to the constitution, is, at all times, a question of much delicacy, which ought seldom, if ever, to be decided ... «National Review Online, Jan 15»
10
N. Korea asks US to lift all sanctions
The newly imposed sanctions are based on the "inveterate hostility and repugnancy" toward North Korea, the statement said, denying the country's responsibility ... «Yonhap News, Jan 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Repugnancy [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/repugnancy>. Apr 2024 ».
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