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reaction

/ reaction /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don''t like
"his style of painting was a reaction against cubism"
Type of:
resistance opposition
Kinds of:
backlash
noun Sense 2
a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some foregoing stimulus or agent
"a bad reaction to the medicine"
"his responses have slowed with age"
Type of:
bodily process body process bodily function
Kinds of:
automatism rebound overreaction galvanic skin response GSR
Derived:
react respond
noun Sense 3
an idea evoked by some experience
"his reaction to the news was to start planning what to do"
Type of:
idea thought
noun Sense 4
extreme conservatism in political or social matters
"the forces of reaction carried the election"
Type of:
conservatism conservativism
noun Sense 5
a response that reveals a person''s feelings or attitude
"he was pleased by the audience''s reaction to his performance"
"John feared his mother''s reaction when she saw the broken lamp"
Type of:
response
Derived:
react respond
noun Sense 6
(mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body
"every action has an equal and opposite reaction"
Type of:
force
Domain:
mechanics
noun Sense 7
(chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others
"there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water"
Type of:
chemical process chemical change chemical action
Kinds of:
addition reaction aldol reaction chain reaction chemical equilibrium equilibrium
Derived:
react
Domain:
chemistry chemical science
Semantic Complexity
82%
Sense Count
7
Total Synonyms
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Total Relationships
30
Times Searched
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resistance opposition backlash bodily process body process bodily function automatism rebound overreaction galvanic skin response GSR idea