reject

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 斥 has 5 strokes; 排斥 is read はいせき, and 斥力 is read せきりょく.
• Basic usage: 排斥 means rejecting or excluding a person or thing; 斥力 is a force of repulsion.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Social exclusion and physical force
  • 新参者への排斥 denotes attitudes or actions that exclude newcomers. 排斥してはいけない expresses a prohibition against exclusion.
  • 同じ極を近づけると gives the condition of bringing like poles close together. In that case, 磁石の間に斥力が働く means that a repulsive force acts between magnets.