reaction

reaction
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. response, revulsion, reflex, recoil. See compensation.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [An answer]
Syn. response, reply, rejoinder, reception, receptivity, return, feedback, feeling, opinion, reflection, counteraction, resistance, backlash, attitude, retort, reciprocation, repercussion, effect, reflex; see also answer 1 , opinion 1 , result .
Reactions to stimuli include: contraction, expansion, dilation, constriction, jerk, knee jerk, tropism, heliotropism, phototropism, cognition, shock, exhaustion, stupor, anger, disgust, revulsion, fear, joy, laughter, wonder.
2. [A backward tendency, especially in politics]
Syn. conservatism, backlash, status quo, rightism, toryism, retrenchment, regression, relapse, retrogression, retreat, withdrawal, backsliding, return to normalcy, return to the good old days; see also conservatism , stability 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
response, comeback, answer, feedback, counteraction, return, reflex, reciprocation, acknowledgement, recoil, backlash, fallout, repercussion.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. An action elicited by a stimulus: response, retroaction. See ACTION. 2. The way in which a machine or other thing performs or functions: behavior, functioning, operation, performance, working (often used in plural). See ACTION, MACHINE.

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