reaction

Definition

  • noun: the way someone acts or feels in response to something that happens, is said, etc.
  • noun: the act or process or an instance of 'reacting'
  • usually singular
  • synonyms: bourbonism, toryism, acknowledgment

Examples

  • The modernist movement in literature was a 'reaction against' traditional literary conventions.

  • The announcement produced an angry/stunned 'reaction' from most of the people at the meeting.

  • There has been a 'mixed reaction' [=people have reacted in different ways] to the new policy.

Movie quotes

  • (..) Wow! It's that fast? So, that is signal transduction from this root to the root of the tree next to it. So, we should take a sample. Okay. Sample. You know, it's probably electrical, based on the speed of the reaction. Norm, you've contaminated the sample with your saliva. Right. So, here I go. (..)
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