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hyperreact

hyperreact verb: synonym of overreact.

Verb

hyperreact (third-person singular simple present hyperreacts, present participle hyperreacting, simple past and past participle hyperreacted)

  1. Synonym of overreact.
    • Where profits are limited under the regulatory contract, the 'utility' tends to hypercontrol of the market and hyperreact against new entry.1985, Erik Arnold, Competition and Technological Change in the Television Industry
    Synonyms:
    overreact

Synonyms of hyperreact

Forms of hyperreact

third-person singular presenthyperreacts
present participlehyperreacting
past participlehyperreacted
pasthyperreacted

Origin of hyperreact

From hyper- + react. Attested since the 20th century.

Questions about hyperreact

What does hyperreact mean?
Hyperreact means synonym of overreact.
What part of speech is hyperreact?
Hyperreact is a verb.
What is the past tense of hyperreact?
The past tense of hyperreact is hyperreacted.

Words near hyperreact in the dictionary

  1. hyperradical
  2. hyperradius
  3. hyperrational
  4. hyperrationality
  5. hyperrationalize
  6. hyperreact
  7. hyperreacted
  8. hyperreacting
  9. hyperreaction
  10. hyperreactions
  11. hyperreactive

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