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misreaction

misreaction noun: inappropriate reaction.

Noun

misreaction (countable and uncountable, plural misreactions)

  1. Inappropriate reaction.
    • Very often, however, such misreaction is caused by external circumstances in an individual whose psychological structure is affected by constitutional or acquired pathological features.1935, Olof Kinberg, Basic Problems of Criminology, page 177
    • The rate of misreaction in the accident prone group appears higher than the rate in the non-accident group.1971, XVI. International Congress on Occupational Health, page 455

Forms of misreaction

pluralmisreactions

Origin of misreaction

From mis- + reaction.

Questions about misreaction

What does misreaction mean?
Misreaction means inappropriate reaction.
What part of speech is misreaction?
Misreaction is a noun.
What is the plural of misreaction?
The plural of misreaction is misreactions.

Words near misreaction in the dictionary

  1. misreaches
  2. misreaching
  3. misreact
  4. misreacted
  5. misreacting
  6. misreaction
  7. misreactions
  8. misreacts
  9. misread
  10. misreadable
  11. misreader

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