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in reaction

in reaction prepositional phrase: by being partially or entirely a response to a stimulus or other event, without which there would be a diminished or no such action or statement.; (while under) duress; by dint of; in the face of; in light of; in return; (in) response;.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) By being partially or entirely a response to a stimulus or other event, without which there would be a diminished or no such action or statement.; (while under) duress; by dint of; in the face of; in light of; in return; (in) response;.
    • Viewed in its proper historical context this reaction fits a not-unfamiliar pattern seen first after emancipation of slaves and the Thirteenth Amendment, then in reaction to blacks holding political office during reconstruction.2016, Obi Nwasokwa, Witness to Greatness; The Consequential Presidency of Barack Obama in Perspective, page 422

Questions about in reaction

What does in reaction mean?
In reaction means by being partially or entirely a response to a stimulus or other event, without which there would be a diminished or no such action or statement.; (while under) duress; by dint of; in the face of; in light of; in return; (in) response;.
What part of speech is in reaction?
In reaction is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in reaction in the dictionary

  1. in rag order
  2. in rags
  3. in rare form
  4. in re
  5. in reach
  6. in reaction
  7. in real life
  8. in reality
  9. in reason
  10. in recent memory
  11. in record time

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