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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
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a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some foregoing stimulus or agent
a bad reaction to the medicine
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(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
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an idea evoked by some experience
his reaction to the news was to start planning what to do
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doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like
his style of painting was a reaction against cubism
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extreme conservatism in political or social matters
the forces of reaction carried the election
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(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
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