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reaction
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Noun
  • doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like
    • his style of painting was a reaction against cubism
  • extreme conservatism in political or social matters
    • the forces of reaction carried the election
  • 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
  • (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
  • a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent
    • a bad reaction to the medicine
    • his responses have slowed with age
  • an idea evoked by some experience
    • his reaction to the news was to start planning what to do
  • (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
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