thumb|upright=1.3 |Oscar Gustave Rejlander portraying disgust in plates from Charles Darwin's [[The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals]]
Disgust is a basic human emotion characterized by a strong negative reaction to something considered repulsive or offensive, such as unpleasant sights, smells, or tastes. It matters because understanding this emotion helps us recognize how humans naturally respond to potential threats to their health and well-being.
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thumb|upright=1.3 |Oscar Gustave Rejlander portraying disgust in plates from Charles Darwin's [[The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals]]
Disgust (, from Latin , ) is an emotional response of rejection or revulsion to something potentially contagious or something considered offensive, distasteful or unpleasant. In The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, Charles Darwin wrote that disgust is a sensation that refers to something revolting. Disgust is experienced primarily in relation to the sense of taste (either perceived or imagined), and secondarily to anything which causes a similar feeling by sense of smell, touch, or vision. Musically sensitive people may even be disgusted by the cacophony of inharmonious sounds. Research has continually proven a relationship between disgust and anxiety disorders such as arachnophobia, blood-injection-injury type phobias, and contamination fear related obsessive–compulsive disorder (also known as OCD).
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