REACTION

• (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"

• (noun) 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"

  synonyms : response

• (noun) an idea evoked by some experience

  "his reaction to the news was to start planning what to do"

• (noun) extreme conservatism in political or social matters

  "the forces of reaction carried the election"

• (noun) 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"

• (noun) (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"

• (noun) (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"

  synonyms : chemical reaction

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