John Lanchester

We can all instinctively understand the idea of life insurance; most of us will feel an instinctive repugnance at the thought of the viatical industry, or 'dead peasants insurance.' As market thinking penetrated the life insurance industry, a moral line was crossed, and the application of market ideas was taken too far.

British Journalist

Evangelista Torricelli

Is it a surprise that into the vessel, in which the mercury has no inclination and no repugnance, not even the slightest, to being there, it should enter and should rise in a column high enough to make equilibrium with the weight of the external air which forces it up?

Italian Scientist

Many have argued that a vacuum does not exist, others claim it exists only with difficulty in spite of the repugnance of nature; I know of no one who claims it easily exists without any resistance from nature.

Repugnance implies a very strong, instinctive reaction, stronger than simple dislike.

Intensity Matters

It often refers to disgust over something specific, concrete or abstract.

Specific Disgust

It's a personal feeling, which means that what causes repugnance can vary widely among individuals.

Personal Feeling

Repugnance can be a reaction to proposed changes, signifying strong opposition.

Resisting Change

It's often used when someone's morals or beliefs are the reason they are disapproving or oppose something.

Moral Opposition

 rather than repugnance. Contrast that with the typical experience in the hospital setting, much like this -- floodlit room lined with tubes and beeping machines and blinking lights that don't stop even when the patient's life has.