1. To excite nausea or loathing in; sicken. 2. To offend the taste or moral sense of;
repel
. n.
What makes a transaction repugnant?
The factor analysis revealed six dimensions associated with repugnant transactions:
moral disgust, exploitation, unknown risk, incommensurability, need for regulation, and seller’s risk
.
What repugnance means?
1a :
the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent
. b : an instance of such contradiction or inconsistency. 2 : strong dislike, distaste, or antagonism.
How does a transaction become ethical or repugnant?
Judging from these examples, transactions may be
repugnant if they are perceived as exploiting the socioeconomically disadvantaged
(Hill, 1994; Roth, 2007), highlight economic inequalities (Sandel, 2012), or objectify sellers by treating them as means to an end (Roth, 2007, also see Table 1).
What odium means?
1 :
the state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt
as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance. 2 : hatred and condemnation accompanied by loathing or contempt : detestation.
What is a pugnacious person?
pugnacious pug-NAY-shus adjective. :
having a quarrelsome or combative
nature : truculent.
What are repugnant goods?
“Repugnant transactions” are
transactions that some people don’t want other people to engage in
. From the point of view of economists, the phenomenon of repugnant transactions can be a serious constraint on markets and market design. When a market is illegal, the versions of it that arise can be quite dangerous.
What does Enatic mean?
:
descended from the same mother
: related on the mother’s side enatic clans.
What is root word of dislike?
Odium made its way into the English language through Latin, and the word’s root
od-
, meaning “hatred,” might tip you off that this word involves extreme dislike of some sort.
What does Exoriates mean?
excoriate • ek-SKOR-ee-ayt • verb. 1 :
to wear off the skin of
: abrade 2 : to censure scathingly.
What does bellicosity mean?
an inclination to fight or quarrel
.
the candidate criticized her opponent’s
bellicosity as divisive.
What animals are pugnacious?
Squirrels
are restless, courageous and pugnacious little animals. It is exceedingly fierce and pugnacious, the males especially fighting with each other for possession of the females. It is a clever, agile and powerful dog, extremely pugnacious in disposition.
What does defiant mean in English?
:
refusing to obey something or someone
: full of defiance. See the full definition for defiant in the English Language Learners Dictionary. defiant. adjective. de·fi·ant | di-ˈfī-ənt
Is meaning in Latin?
Translation. He, him, they, them. Gender: Masculine. Singular.
Who Is Gloomy Gus?
:
a person who is habitually gloomy
.
What does clear as crystal mean?
Also, be clear as crystal. Be easy to understand, have a very obvious meaning. For example,
The directions for installing the door are
crystal clear, or Her intentions are clear as crystal.
