Antonyms for re-action


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ree-ak-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : riˈæk ʃən


Definition of re-action

Origin :
  • "action in resistance or response to another action or power," 1610s, from re- "again, anew" + action (q.v.). Modeled on French réaction, older Italian reattione, from Medieval Latin reactionem (nominative reactio), noun of action formed in Late Latin from past participle stem of Latin reagere "react," from re- "back" + agere "to do, act" (see act (v.)).
  • Originally scientific; physiological sense is attested from 1805; psychological sense first recorded 1887; general sense of "action or feeling in response" (to a statement, event, etc.) is recorded from 1914. Reaction time, "time elapsing between the action of an external stimulus and the giving of a signal in reply," attested by 1874.
  • As in impression : noun influence
  • As in opinion : noun belief
  • As in outcome : noun consequence, effect
  • As in attitude : noun mental outlook
  • As in reaction : noun response
  • As in reaction : noun political conservativism
  • As in reception : noun acceptance; acknowledgment
  • As in backlash : noun adverse reaction
  • As in repercussion : noun consequence
  • As in reply : noun answer
  • As in result : noun effect brought about by something
  • As in return : noun coming again
  • As in side effect : noun adverse or unwanted secondary effect
  • As in acknowledgment : noun physical symbol of recognition
  • As in action : noun something done
  • As in materialization : noun effect
  • As in resultant : noun effect
  • As in retroaction : noun response
  • As in sequent : noun effect
  • As in consequence : noun result, outcome of action
  • As in effect : noun result
  • As in energy : noun generated power
  • As in feedback : noun response
  • As in feeling : noun sensation, especially of touch
  • As in feeling : noun idea, impression
  • As in feeling : noun a state of mind, often strong
Example sentences :
  • The father was almost faint with the re-action from his address.
  • Extract from : « Robert Hardy's Seven Days » by Charles Monroe Sheldon
  • It is a re-action from the burden of a rigid law, and a wearisome ritual.
  • Extract from : « The Faith of Islam » by Edward Sell
  • It is the main lesson which the re-action of 1849 has been overruled to teach.
  • Extract from : « Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber » by James Aitken Wylie
  • By these means he judges of their powers of re-action, and prescribes accordingly.
  • Extract from : « Every Man his own Doctor » by R. T. Claridge
  • Stirrers-up of mischief, they deny the right of its re-action on themselves.
  • Extract from : « Abolition a Sedition » by Geo. W. Donohue
  • Earthquakes, it is well known, proceed by action and re-action.
  • Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. » by Various
  • But he watched her after that, not that he was afraid of her, but because her re-action as a woman was important.
  • Extract from : « A Poor Wise Man » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Attack is the re-action; I never think I have hit hard, unless it rebounds.'
  • Extract from : « Life of Johnson » by James Boswell
  • Ah, you can't imagine the re-action from such disappointments!
  • Extract from : « Read-Aloud Plays » by Horace Holley
  • Theirs was, moreover, that sudden gaiety which comes from re-action.
  • Extract from : « The Isle of Unrest » by Henry Seton Merriman

Synonyms for re-action

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