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reäction

reäction is the rare spelling of reaction.

Meaning of reaction

Noun

reaction (plural reactions)

  1. An action or statement in response to a stimulus or other event.
    • The announcement of the verdict brought a violent reaction.
  2. A transformation in which one or more substances is converted into another by combination or decomposition.
    • In this reaction, the acid and base will neutralize each other, producing a salt.
  3. Reactionary politics; a period in which reactionary thought or politics is resurgent or dominant.
    • And as Europe advanced year by year more deeply into the low featureless plains of reaction, censorship and mediocrity and the pestilential swamps of poverty, unhappiness and oppression, the image of the liberating revolution became ever more luminous.1962, Eric Hobsbawm, The Age of Revolution. 1789-1848, page 268
  4. (Austrian) Unpurposeful behavior.
  5. (Internet) An icon or emoji appended to a posted message by a user to express their feeling about it.

Forms of reäction

pluralreäctions

Origin of reäction

The diaeresis emphasizes the pronunciation of the word with three rather than two syllables.

Questions about reäction

What is reäction the rare spelling of?
Reäction is the rare spelling of reaction.

Words near reäction in the dictionary

  1. rezzing
  2. rezzy
  3. reäct
  4. reäcted
  5. reäcting
  6. reäction
  7. reäctions
  8. reäcts
  9. reädmit
  10. reägent
  11. reägents

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reäction (page history and authors); reaction (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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