reaction

See also: réaction and reäction

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Etymology

    Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#REACTIONCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eǵ-#REACTION

    Inherited from Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#REACTIONCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#REACTION reaccion, from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#REACTION reaction, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#REACTION reāctiōCategory:English undefined derivations#REACTION, from the verb reagō, from re- (“again”) + agō (“to act”); more at re-, action; equivalent to react +‎ -ionCategory:English terms suffixed with -ion#REACTION.

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    reaction (plural reactions)Category:English lemmas#REACTIONCategory:English nouns#REACTIONCategory:English countable nouns#REACTIONCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#REACTIONCategory:Pages with entries#REACTIONCategory:Pages with 2 entries#REACTION

    1. An action or statement in response to a stimulus or other event.
      The announcement of the verdict brought a violent reaction.Category:English terms with usage examples#REACTION
      You were in the courtroom. What is your reaction?Category:English terms with usage examples#REACTION
      When I last tried to eat strawberries I had a terrible allergic reaction.Category:English terms with usage examples#REACTION
    2. (chemistryCategory:en:Chemistry#REACTION) A transformation in which one or more substances is converted into another by combination or decomposition.
      In this reaction, the acid and base will neutralize each other, producing a salt.Category:English terms with usage examples#REACTION
    3. (politicsCategory:en:Politics#REACTION) Reactionary politics; a period in which reactionary thought or politics is resurgent or dominant.
      • 1962, Eric Hobsbawm, The Age of Revolution. 1789-1848, page 268:
        And as Europe advanced year by year more deeply into the low featureless plains of reaction, censorship and mediocrity and the pestilential swamps of poverty, unhappiness and oppression, the image of the liberating revolution became ever more luminous.
        Category:English terms with quotations#REACTION
    4. (Misesian praxeology, Austrian economics) Unpurposeful behavior.
    5. (InternetCategory:en:Internet#REACTION) An icon or emoji appended to a posted message by a user to express their feeling about it.

    Synonyms

    • reax (journalism jargon)
    • rxn (abbreviation)

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    Noun

    reaction (plural reactiones)Category:Interlingua lemmas#REACTIONCategory:Interlingua nouns#REACTIONCategory:Interlingua entries with incorrect language header#REACTIONCategory:Pages with entries#REACTIONCategory:Pages with 2 entries#REACTION

    1. reaction
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