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

  • (..) - cms left and we'd be playing harps. You've been unconscious since you got here. Where's Scully? Your call must have been intercepted. Scully had a reaction to a honeybee we found in your hall. - I gotta get to her. - You're staying right here. This goes back to Dallas. (..)
    1998 The X Files